Dalton Narine
7 min readJul 21, 2020

Vietnam Follies Updated

Something to salivate on

Vietnam Follies, ’60s Redux

Dalton Narine

Yesterday, I awoke to the anniversary of my hospitalization at a New Jersey hospital upon my return as a combat controller in Vietnam.

The alarm clock sounded off like an afterthought. No wonder, when I walked out the door I stepped right into South Vietnam in the morning paper.

So, I’m back in Nam. I’ve been over there three times. The first occasion forced me, a draftee, to visit the old French disconnection. It was as a guest of the…

Dalton Narine

Disabled Vietnam veteran. Wrote for The Village Voice. Won writing awards at The Miami Herald & Ebony magazine. On final draft of first screenplay.