All the Way! and Then Some...: a Cold Warrior's Journey - Wood, Wayne
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"If you ever get the chance to jump out of an aircraft from 800 feet carrying almost 150 pounds of equipment with 2500 other guys into a crosswind gusting to 75 knots - don't try it. It's not as much fun as it sounds..."On March 30, 1982 Wayne Wood heard medics declare him dead on a wind-swept drop zone at Fort Irwin California. A year and a half later he participated in the invasion of Grenada. This is the story of what led him to that Drop Zone and how he defied the odds to be declared a fully fit paratrooper. All the Way! is one soldier's story; it tells a story of a "forgotten generation,"…mehr

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"If you ever get the chance to jump out of an aircraft from 800 feet carrying almost 150 pounds of equipment with 2500 other guys into a crosswind gusting to 75 knots - don't try it. It's not as much fun as it sounds..."On March 30, 1982 Wayne Wood heard medics declare him dead on a wind-swept drop zone at Fort Irwin California. A year and a half later he participated in the invasion of Grenada. This is the story of what led him to that Drop Zone and how he defied the odds to be declared a fully fit paratrooper. All the Way! is one soldier's story; it tells a story of a "forgotten generation," the "Cold Warriors" and reminds us there were times when the "Cold" War got hot.It is the story of "Army people," the soldiers who fight the battles and the families who wait for them. As an Army brat during Vietnam, to his own service, he brings a unique perspective that will bring back memories to those who have served of any generation and provide insight of what military service is to those who have never served. Also by Wayne Wood: The Homestead: A Novel, available on Amazon
Autorenporträt
Wayne Wood is a disabled veteran of thirteen years' combined reserve and active service in the US Army. During his time in service he served in Germany and as a paratrooper at Ft Bragg, NC. where he was severely injured in a parachute accident and deployed to the island of Grenada in October 1983 as part of Urgent Fury. After leaving service Wayne taught Social Studies, Art, and Drama in a public high school for nineteen years before retiring. He is an ordained minister who has worked in a variety of ministries with his wife, Elyse. He currently lives in Newton Alabama.