Posts by Doug Volk

VFW Magazine Publishes Major News Story On Construction of “Heroes Wall” in Maine

The exciting news broke just in time for Memorial Day, in the pages of the nation’s largest magazine devoted to honoring 20 million American veterans.
The May issue of VFW Magazine describes how a Maine-based box company, Volk Packaging Corporation, recently unveiled a magnificent “Heroes Wall” on the front lawn of  its company headquarters. The wall was built to honor the veterans of all American wars. In addition, VPC raised more than $20,000 and donated it to a VFW Post in nearby Old Orchard Beach, Maine — which then used the funds to completely renovate its building and purchase a new widescreen television.
The story also tells how recently retired VPC CEO Douglas Volk is donating $1 to Vietnam War veterans from the sale of each copy of his new novel about the heartbreaking struggles of a Boston Vietnam Vet. The book is titled The Morpheus Conspiracy.

»Posted by on May 12, 2019

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50 Years After Her Husband Died in Combat, She Traveled to Vietnam to Meet His Killers

        It’s been nearly half a century since the last American combat soldiers left Vietnam in March of 1973.
         But the stories of Vietnam War-related heroism and suffering and sacrifice and heartbreak are still surfacing, day after day.
         One of those stories just broke recently in Kalamazoo, Michigan — where a woman who’d lost her husband to the war (he died when his helicopter was shot down in 1969) somehow found the courage to travel to Vietnam herself . . . where she managed to locate and then meet the Vietnamese soldiers who killed her former spouse.
          To read this incredible story in the Kalamazoo Gazette — which earned high praise for its outstanding coverage — just click on the link below.
 

»Posted by on Apr 5, 2019

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The Morpheus Conspiracy will keep you up at night

“The Morpheus Conspiracy will keep you up at night, because it’s full of horror and suspense. But it’s also full of compassion for America’s often struggling and often overwhelmed Vietnam War vets – and Douglas Volk is doing everything he can in this book to help them!”

– Joseph Armstrong, President, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1044

“Volk’s first novel is skillfully plotted… A web of conspiracy woven around four people fighting for their lives and their sanity. A dark thriller … A hard book to put down.”

– Steven Steinbock, Maine Sunday Telegram

“The plot of The Morpheus Conspiracy is tight, its sleep research episodes and characters, believable. But be forewarned, gentle readers. Like land mines, violence, sex and graphic terms are planted in virtually every chapter. This is not the book for anyone into the softer side of dreams.”

– Hannah Seymour, Kennebec Journal

»Posted by on Jan 4, 2019

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The Morpheus Conspiracy will keep you up at night

“The Morpheus Conspiracy will keep you up at night, because it’s full of horror and suspense. But it’s also full of compassion for America’s often struggling and often overwhelmed Vietnam War vets – and Douglas Volk is doing everything he can in this book to help them!”

– Joseph Armstrong, President, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1044

“Volk’s first novel is skillfully plotted… A web of conspiracy woven around four people fighting for their lives and their sanity. A dark thriller … A hard book to put down.”

– Steven Steinbock, Maine Sunday Telegram

“The plot of The Morpheus Conspiracy is tight, its sleep research episodes and characters, believable. But be forewarned, gentle readers. Like land mines, violence, sex and graphic terms are planted in virtually every chapter. This is not the book for anyone into the softer side of dreams.”

– Hannah Seymour, Kennebec Journal

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»Posted by on Jan 4, 2019

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THE VIETNAM WAR; THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY

Ever found yourself wondering just how much the Vietnam War cost America — in terms of human suffering and financial loss? According to the latest historical research, the nearly 20-year-long war took about 58,000 American lives. Another 150,000 U.S. combat soldiers returned home with permanent wounds or amputations. More than 700,000 were later diagnosed with PTSD. The total cost of the horrendous conflict to U.S. taxpayers, adjusted to 2018 dollars: Nearly $1 Trillion.

One way to picture the financial cost of the war is to imagine that $1 Trillion as a stack of one-dollar bills.

Q. How high would the stack reach?
A. To the moon, and then back to earth again — about two and a half times.

You can read a lot more about the “numbers” that tell the often tragic story of the Vietnam War, simply by clicking on this very interesting website: https://thevietnamwar.info/vietnam-war-veterans/

»Posted by on Dec 31, 2018

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