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                                          RATTLESNAKE DREAMS:

                                    An American Warrior’s Story©

                                   

                                             by Dean Metcalf

                                                       P.O. Box 548

Joseph OR 97846

3dmetcalf@gmail.com                 

    

573 pages

word count 163,474 (11/5/10)

Rattlesnake Dreams(c): An American Warrior’s Story

                                              by Dean Metcalf

   

CONTENTS      

                               

I. Prologue

Tho An...............................................................................................5

II. Learning War...........................................................................................8  

         A. Cowboys and Indians......................................................................9

Toys.........................................................................................9

                       Cartoon...................................................................................10

                       Roy Rogers..............................................................................11

                       Atomic Stove............................................................................14

Mumblypeg..............................................................................15

K'reans....................................................................................16

First Blood...............................................................................18

Hunger 1.................................................................................19

Rogue River 1..........................................................................21

Finding Jesus, and Eb Hogue's Knife.........................................23

A Rifle, A Pistol........................................................................27

Dress Blues 1..........................................................................33

Almost a Cowboy.....................................................................36

Canal......................................................................................44

Dogs of Eberlein Street............................................................48                                                     Rogue River 2: Rattlesnake Air...............51                                  
Sunset over Klamath Lake........................................................63                                       Second Buck...........................................................................64                           
Crater Lake.............................................................................67

B. Semper Fidelis..............................................................................74

Gunny Rogers 1. Mama's boy...................................................74                                  Sergeant Vance...................................................................77

Man and Rifle Reaching............................................................80

Gunny Rogers 2: The most powerful weapon.............................83

Dress Blues 2...........................................................................86                                 Marine Corps History............................................................... 89

Adeste Fidelis, Semper Fidelis...................................................95                                          Banning..................................................................................98

29 Palms

                            1. Ungentle..................................................................100

    2. Old Enough to Bleed.................................................102

                            3. Footprints................................................................103

                  Okinawa................................................................................106        

With God on Our Side.............................................................111

Tonkin...................................................................................112                                      Olongapo...............................................................................121

Put Me In, Coach...................................................................123

III. War.....................................................................................................124

Oakland.................................................................................125

Going Over.............................................................................128

Ky Hoa...................................................................................137                                   Gunny Rogers 3......................................................................139

Phantom Pisser.......................................................................141

Hunger 2................................................................................144                        
To Kill a Gook.........................................................................145

Tam Ky..................................................................................146

"You're too late."....................................................................149

An Tan...................................................................................159

Request Mast..........................................................................163

Tho An...................................................................................166

Man and Pistol........................................................................183

Rats.......................................................................................185

Marines in Skivvies..................................................................191

Howard's Hill..........................................................................195

Sergeant of the Guard.............................................................198                            Wartime is Wonderful..............................................................202                                    Danang...................................................................................208

IV. Relearning War......................................................................................211

A. Back to School, Back to War..........................................................211

         Kicking the Leaves........................................................211

         Townies.......................................................................216                                           Missouri Squirrels..........................................................218

         Hunger 3......................................................................223

         Dark‑skinned Warriors 1.................................................224

         Packing ........................................................................226

         Seminar........................................................................228

         Cho Lon........................................................................229

         Interlude: A Veteran's Dreams........................................235

Dream: Nazi Pursuit............................................237

Dream: Money Man Pursuit..................................237                                        Mangbuk

                                     1. The Camp......................................................239

             2. Soldier Tin.....................................................248

 Dream: Bodies of Water...............................................258

              Dalat...........................................................................259                                         Saigon

1. LA Cop..........................................................262

                                                2. Kids..............................................................263

                                                3. Dream: Vietnamese Children..........................265                                                  Spook‑hunting in Laos.................................................266                                             Mark...........................................................................295

              J. Glenn Gray and Kierkegaard and

  Abraham and Isaac................................298

         Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev, Baku, Moscow,

                  Vienna, Prague..................................................305

         Samaritan in Los Angeles.............................................339

Chinese Soldiers..........................................................340

              Dream: A6 and Wolves................................................342

              Hauling Anchor in Shelter Cove....................................345

                             Triptych

                                     1. The Clubbing.................................................359

             2. Bait...............................................................362

                                     3. Dream: Vietnamese Women...........................364

             Spider and Fly.............................................................365

Fear............................................................................367

Guard Dog...................................................................369

Dream: Panther, Wife, Rifle...........................................369

                                 Zen Warrior Bass Player................................................371

              Sandinistas..................................................................373

              Missing Man.................................................................385

              Dark‑skinned Warriors 2...............................................398

  Dream: Guts................................................................399

     Indians and Cowboys..................................................................399

                            Mercenary 1................................................................399

          Rus Rus            

                                          1. Maco Stewart's Letter.....................................405

                  2. Flaco and Luque.............................................408

                                          3. Babes in James Bondland................................411

                  4. Rus Rus.........................................................415                                                          5. The Tape.......................................................423                                                
                  6. Lasa Tinghni..................................................428

                  7. Red Chief, White Chief...................................432

                                          8. In Camp........................................................433

                  9. Border Crossing.............................................435

                                        10. Skulls of Tulin Bila.........................................440

                11. Perico's Garrote,

and other stories.........................  444

                12. Meeting........................................................461                                                        13. Out of the Woods..........................................461

                14. Aftermath.....................................................464

         Dream: Deadribs.........................................................474

         Mercenary 2................................................................474

                     Guns in Costa Rica.......................................................482                   

                     Interview with Bill Gandall............................................497

                     Guatemala: La Violencia...............................................506

                     At the Battered Women’s Shelter..................................509

                     Palestinians and Israelis and Americans........................511

                     Dream: Dance of the Arrows........................................532

Ants...............................................................................................534

Dream: Rattlesnake and Pistol.........................................................535

IV. The Web (essay).................................................................................538