From Mountains to Deserts A Weekender's War

We were "Good Ole' Guys and Good Ole' Gals" from the the backwoods of West Virginia. We were normal, everyday people deployed to the Iraq War in 2003 doing our best as National Guard soldiers. These memoirs are my recollections and thoughts that came from the heart. It includes a chapter written by my son, who was an 18-year-old regular Army soldier deployed to Baghdad. He and I provide the story of our meeting in a still vulnerable Baghdad at the time. Come join me on this interesting adventure from the mountains to the deserts!!

Richard Lewis Johnson is a twice-retired Federal Government employee from the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs. He earned bachelor's degrees in both Business Administration and Resource Management from Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1989. He earned a master's degree in Public Administration from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia in 1999. He received a Bronze Star Medal in 2004 for service in the Iraq War. He is a part-time sportswriter for HD Media and affiliates.n/a