A Dusty Boot Soldier Remembers: Twenty-Four Years of Improbable but True Tales of Service with Uncle Sam’s Army

A Dusty Boot Soldier Remembers is the personal memoir of Colonel Larry Redmond, U. S. Army (RET). It covers his 24-year military career, beginning with his commissioning as a Lieutenant of Infantry in 1962 upon graduation from Providence College to various command and staff positions with the 101st Airborne Division, 8th Special Forces Group Airborne, XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82d Airborne Division and various other special operations units. Col. Redmond did two combat tours in Vietnam and had overseas assignments that took him to Panama, Thailand, England, and Israel. Reviewers have called Col. Redmond a true warrior and patriot and a superb soldier, and have hailed his book as sincere and thrilling and a must read.