Veteran, Paramedic and Author Tom Giorgi

Until You Walk The Path, You Won’t Know Where it Goes is hosting  veteran, paramedic and author Tom Giorgi at 1 pm eastern on  July 12 as we talk about he able to make fresh start by  turning his experiences in Vietnam and in Harlem into a book.

Ten months after Giorgi X-Ray Technician. he was drafted.  After Basic and Advanced Infantry training he received orders for Vietnam. While serving with the 25th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade in Pleiku as an Assistant Gunner on an M-60 Machine Gun crew he was critically wounded on July 3rd, 1966 while his 18 man patrol was engaged in a battle with the North Vietnamese Army's 66th Regiment. That unit was made famous for it's earlier battles in November of 1965 with the 1st Cav.that were made into a book and major motion picture "We were Soldiers Once" which starred Mel Gibson as Col. Hal Moore.  He earn him 2 Purple Hearts and a ticket stateside. He  was Medically Retired from the Armed Forces. on August 23rd, 1967.

He began his second career in June 1980 and  worked for  the next  20 years as a paramedic at the  Harlem Station.  There he would become the "Senior Medic" a title he held for 11 years. Longer than any former senior medic before him.

Giogi has begun his third career as an author as he shares his experiences in Vietnam and as a paramedic in Harlem.  It will be called   "Harlem Knights".

To learn more about it is never too late for fresh starts and new beginnings from veteran, paramedic and author Tom Giogi, please join us at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze on July 12  at 1 pm eastern.  The phone lines and chat will be available for those who wish to participate. The phone number is (347) 838-9927.

The interview will be available after the show in the archives at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze/2012/07/12/until-you-walk-the-path-you-wont-know-where-it

Operation Home Base: A Family of Man Drama About Forgiveness and Second Chances

Operation Home Base
We've got your back.
Theresa Chaze
One of The Red Cross’s functions is passing messages to and from military personnel. However, they are limited to the passive role of sharing information. What if there was an organization that could do more? Facing their own demons, veterans and civilians come together to actively make a difference with legal, medical and logistics help for military personnel, veterans and their dependents? Their motto is “we've got your back.”. What if in their dedication to help, founders of Operation Home Base stumbled upon an international cover up, which puts a target on their own backs? Do they shrink away in fear or do they damn the torpedoes and face the challenge with a Gung-Ho mentality?

A medic in Nam, Martin Flying Crow returned home only to find the war followed him. By helping others, he was able to quiet the ghosts in his head. He gained national attention and the friendship of retired Lieutenant Colonel Elaine Reynolds after he talked a Marine out of committing suicide. Together they pulled enough resources together to achieve a non-profit status and were able to move Operation Home Base from Martin's garage into a small office building.

The organization once again gained national attention when they used their connections both in and out of the military to investigate the disappearance of PFC Hank Bogley and his squad. When they start to unravel the lies and misinformation, they suddenly become the targets of a national smear campaign. Although their personal and professional motives are brought into question, the board refuses to back down.

Unable to deter them, their lead detractor, Valhalla does an about face and offers to support them with endless financial, political, and logistic support. There is one catch. Operation Home Base must accept their representative as the new head of their organization. Valhalla chooses a man who knows Martin's secrets. He knows because the same ghosts haunt him. Is he the distraction to keep Martin busy, while they use the money, influence and access to classified information to destroy Operation Home Base from the inside out?

Operation Home Base combines MASH and The Waltons with NCIS to create a family of man drama about forgiveness and second chances. From the senseless murder of a therapy dog to two teens stealing a tank to a Native American's family having to fight for their loved one's last wishes to be honored, Operation Home Base intertwines real life situations with a fictional international conspiracy. From World War II to the current conflict, the stories will show military personnel and veterans as real people, not just disposable parts of the war machine. Its tagline is helping others heals our own wounds.



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Charles Ray: Author, Ambassador, Advocate

Until You Walk the Path, You Don’t Know Where it Goes will be hosting author Ambassador Charles Ray on August 1 at 5 pm eastern.

Charles Ray was bitten by the writing bug in his teens when he won a short story contest sponsored by a national Sunday school magazine. As a young soldier in Germany in the early 60s, he frequently contributed poetry to the Stars and Stripes newspaper.
From the late 1960s through the early 80s Ray did magazine and newspaper writing, photography and cartooning, and was editorial cartoonist for the Spring Lake (NC) News. He has done magazine cover art and photography and cartoons for publications such as Ebony, Essence, and Asia Magazine. Ray has written on everything from cultural history to travel to theatrical reviews.

His first book length work was a leadership book, “Things I Learned from My Grandmother About Leadership and Life,” published in 2008. This was followed in 2009 by “Taking Charge: Effective Leadership for the Twenty-first Century.” In 2009, he published an e-novel, “Color Me Dead,” a mystery featuring DC-based private investigator, Al Pennyback. He has since published “Deadline” and “Memorial to the Dead,” in the Al Pennyback series. These books are at Lebrary.com.

His recent book, “Angel on His Shoulder,” available at amazon.com in paperback and lebrary.com as an e-book, is a fantasy/humor book about Winston Nesbitt, a 40-year-old loser whose grandmother comes back to life as a twelve-inch tall impish spirit who complicates his boring life.

Tune in at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze on July 18 at 5:00 pm eastern to learn more about Ambassador Charles Ray work.. The phone lines and chat will be available for those who wish to talk to Charles Ray call (347) 324-3745 or Skype is available by using the click to talk on the show page.. The interactive chat room is also available.