General Issue Blues

<p>Sonny Gratzer has lived a full passionate life and the generous heartsprung poems in <i> General Issue Blues</i> reflect his wonder at the going. -<i>Bill Kittredge noted Montana author editor and former Chairman of Creative Writing University of Montana</i></p><p>Once a tough kid from Butte Sonny Gratzer came home from Viet Nam with a chest full of medals and severe war wounds. Readers need to keep a keen eye and ear open for Gratzer and other veterans who write. Years later their poems and stories express wonder grief and healing from some of the deepest sources. -<i>Patrick Todd Montana poet and humanitarian</i></p><p>:Sonny Gratzer's poems capture the scent of combat the dangers and miseries of war and the many kinds of wounds suffered even after the battles have been fought. -<i>Nathaniel Blumberg dean and professor editor publisher and author of</i> Charlie of 666: a Memoir</p><p>George Gratzer takes you back to the war in Vietnam - his poems evoke vivid memories of rice paddy ambushes helicopter assaults mines and booby traps. <i> G.I. Blues</i> wrenches your heart grips your gut brings tears to the eyes of the toughest old soldier. Well done Sonny. -<i>Col. Joe Clemons Infantry US Army (Ret.)</i>