Letter: The silent heroes among us – The Suburban Times

Letter: The silent heroes among us – The Suburban Times

Submitted by Greg Alderete. In DuPont, Washington, not far from the training grounds of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, resides a man whose quiet gallantry stands as a testament to a generation of soldiers forged in the crucible of the Vietnam War. Captain Mike Brown, U.S. Army (Ret.), survived a direct hit from a surface-to-air missile during the Vietnam War—an encounter so rare, it was almost unheard of. Missile! Missile! Missile! is available at Am…