Raymond Gustavson

   I am retired after working for the VA Regional Office in St. Petersburg, FL where I was a Rating Specialist (RVSR) on the Appeals Team.
   I have a BS in Political Science from Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, and extensive graduate credits in Political Science from Rutgers University. An avid reader, I write fiction and non-fiction and have published numerous articles. I am a member of Vietnow, and a contributing editor to their publication.
   Currently, I am working on several fiction projects, and a self-help book to aid veterans seeking benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
   I live in Sebastian, Fl with my wife, Barbara, and a vivacious Labrador retriever named Mary.  

You can eMail Raymond at:  mailto:monet.giverny@hotmail.com

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   At the start of the American Civil War, Professor John Ulysses Martin of Clarksville, TN and his students march off to face the harsh reality of battlefield combat. As his students die one by one, John questions his lofty convictions and, after losing a leg at Antietam, realizes he has made a fool of himself. He concludes that war is nothing more than the butchery of innocents.
   During his convalescence at Armory Square Hospital, John makes notes in a pocket Bible of Yankee troops and artillery heading south for an attack on Richmond. Caught spying, he is taken to the Old Capitol Prison to be hanged, but manages a harrowing escape. When he reaches Richmond and turns in his notes, General Hood realizes John’s value to the war effort and rewards him with a perilous assignment: destroy the railroad bridge over the Cumberland River at Clarksville, TN.

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A Thirst for War