Soldier: A Memoir

About the Book

This memoir records Mr. Griffin’s life during his twenty years of military service. It begins when he was eighteen and joined the army and ends when he retired at thirty-eight. It describes his flaws, struggles, successes, failures, weaknesses, and insecurities as he faced the challenges of military service. At the same time, it examines the relationship between two kids who got married too young. It describes their struggles and failures during the turmoil of army life, including many overseas moves, raising kids, loneliness from frequent and long separations, and the results.

About the Author

Wimberly N. Griffin enlisted in the army in 1956 and retired twenty years later as a major. His broad military experience comes from assignments in two airborne divisions; Tenth Special Forces; and various aviation units during tours in Vietnam, Germany, Korea, and the Dominican Republic. He is a graduate of many army schools, including jump school, US and German jumpmaster courses, the combat engineer NCO course, the Special Forces qualification course, artillery officer candidate school, the army fixed-wing aviator course, the rotary-wing transition course, the Mohawk transition course, and the artillery officer advanced course. He describes his experiences from the unique perspective of a soldier’s journey through life to maturity.