MWSA Book Review

Born in Brooklyn…Raised in the CAV

Author:  John Flanagan

Publisher:  Xlibris

Reviewer: Bill McDonald – President of the MWSA

A Vietnam Veteran Memoir

When you meet author John Flanagan he comes across as just a regular middle aged guy; but when you realize all that he has seen and been through you have a much greater respect for the man.  He was awarded two Bronze Stars, and two Distinguished Flying Crosses and the list goes on including 54 Air Medals.

His book, “Born in Brooklyn …Raised in the CAV,” explores who this guy was and how he got to be the man he is today.  He went into the service as a young man and was a helicopter pilot by the time he was just 20 years old.  The story of his experiences before going into the service and including his “tour of duty” makes for some entertaining reading.  His life was changed by Vietnam, as were so many others, by what he did there.  In his own humble telling of these stories, you too can get an insider's view of that war from a helicopter pilot’s perspective.

MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award