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 JIM
Kesey's parents and grandparents moved from LaJunta, Colorado in 1938 and
settled in Oregon's Willamette Valley where Kesey was born in 1939. Kesey
spent his teen-age years in Southern California. He attended Colorado State
University on an athletic scholarship.
After he received his degree in 1962 he went into U.S. Marine Corp's
Officer's Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia. He served as a rifle
platoon commander at Camp Pendleton, California.
In January of 1965 1st Lieutenant Kesey was sent to Okinawa and then to
Vietnam. In Vietnam, Lieutenant Kesey served as a Reconnaissance Platoon
Commander and S-3 Logistics Officer in Danang and Chu Lia.
Kesey has been a public administrator, teacher, and private businessman
and is now a youth counselor for Tillamook County Juvenile Department. Kesey
and his wife live on the Oregon Coast. They have five children and five
grandchildren.
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"What Am I Doing Here?" is a story that takes an otherwise terrifying
event in American history
that is familiar to all Veterans and brings it into a realm of understanding for
the mothers, fathers,
brothers, sons and daughters of those who were there. Kesey weaves subtle but
perfectly
orchestrated humor through an environment of chaos.
Vietnam in early 1965 was just a place on a map. On a foggy morning of
March 8th our reluctant
hero, Marine Lieutenant, Dusty Kohl, was shocked to find himself standing on a
sandy beach north
of Danang, Vietnam with a lei around his neck.
You are given a rare look into what it was like to spend a tour in
Vietnam. You will follow
Lieutenant Kohl's comedy of errors that brought him to that beach in Danang. You
will see both
the humor and the grim horror of war. This novel is not just a war story but a
uniquely written insight
into the life of a young Marine who finds himself in a situation where he
has no control. As each day
passes, time tests fate. Is Kohl going to make it home to his young wife and
family? Does God have
a plan or is it just dumb luck who lives and who dies? Or is there
something else in store for Kohl?
Survival means more than just staying alive.
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