RICHARD D. PRESTON
“Boondocker”
- A Time of Times
- A Veteran's Prayer
- America Is...
- America's Bastard
- America's Most Wanted
- And the Band Played On"
- Angel of The Wall
- Dance of the Viper
- Dancin' with the Devil
- Dare to Dream...
- Part 1: Dare To Dream?
- Part 2: Cafe Hades
- Part 3: To Each His Own...
- Part 4: I Could Use a Hammock...
- Part 5: Entrepreneurs
- Part 6: Remember to Remember "Once Was" No More
- Part 7: God, If You're Listenin'
- Part 8: Murphy's Law - The Revised Edition
- Part 9: Gomer's Personified
- DEROS
- Destiny
- Dogs of War, I Know Thee...
- Marine's Lament
- Memorial Day - 2002
- Memorial Day - 2003
- M.I.A.
- Monsoon Rain: A Remembrance
- Moonlight on the Delta
- My Brother
- Odyssey: 'Nam 66 - 67 (Part 1)
- Odyssey: 'Nam 66 - 67 (Part 2)
- Odyssey: 'Nam 66 - 67 (Part 3)
- Odyssey: 'Nam 66 - 67 (Part 4)
- Offerings
- Old Soldiers
- Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire...
- 'Owed' to a Marine's Mom
- Sail On
- Sapper
- Scapegoat...
- Secret Wars
- Serenity Sunday
- Shock Wave
- Short Timer's Stick
- Silence of the Lambs
- Something Different
- Somewhere
- Souls
- Stagnant Winds
- Steel Rail Blues
- Step by Step...
- Students of War
- Tears
- Terrorism
- Terrorist Hymnal: Part 1
- Terrorist Hymnal: Part 2
- Terrorist Hymnal: Part 3
- Thank You!
- The Day That Jesus Wept
- The Dragons' Song
- The Hotel Anaconda
- The Letter
- The Look of War
- The Old Grunt and the Warrior of the Air
- The Silent Patriot
- The Tattered Flag
- The Title
- The Unknown Soldier
- The Vanishing Hero
- The Viet Nam Years
- The Young Americans
- They Didn't Die Alone
- They Were Dying to Go Home
- Thinking of Writing
- This Old Suitcase
- To Make an Eagle Cry
- Thunder
- War No More; Forever
- Wasteland
- Wayfaring Strangers
- What Price Our Freedom?
- What Think Ye of Me?
- Words of the Wounded
Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Viet Nam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren.
Richard's "boots and all" war stories and poetry, both fact and fiction, are based on his personal experiences and those of his fellow veterans. His strong faith enables him to diversify his writings to include wonderful works of love and grace.
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