Richard R GuayRichard was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, into a US Air Force military family. After World War II, the average posting was two years at each location. While growing up, he lived in Bermuda; Fairbanks, Alaska; Ajo, Arizona; and Panama City, Florida; fially settling in Van Cleave, Mississippi, where he completed his high school education. He then studied biology and botany at Perkinston Junior College in Wiggins, Mississippi, for two years. Afterward, he joined the Sons of Tyme rock band before entering the US Army.His draft physical in late November 1968 was the catalyst necessary to encourage him to enlist in the military. After passing his draft physical and discovering it was impossible to enter a military pilot training program without a university degree, he discovered that the US Army would accept candidates for helicopter training with the academic qualification of a high school diploma. With that, plus an additional two years of college, his academic qualifications were met. He graduated from the Warrant Officer Flight Training Program in July 1969. In 1973, he resigned his commission and became a civilian again, moved to Australia, and married a civilian Australian nurse he met on his second tour in Bien Hoa, Vietnam. After working in a family business for twenty years, he returned to flying helicopters and working in the airline business for over thirty years, mostly in Papua New Guinea. He will be writing another book about his second tour in the Vietnam War, as well as another two books on his time flying helicopters in Papua New Guinea. Read More Read Less