DALLAS, TX, December 03, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In a moving collection of verse, two-time Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Captain Robert "Gene" Lathrop gives readers a glimpse of what it was like to fly bombing missions over Vietnam. Gut wrenching and real, Lathrop taps into the dark tapestry of a controversial war, the effects of which resulted in a severe bout of PTSD.

As a part of USMC squadron VMA-311, he flew almost 300 missions over a thirteen month deployment during the TET offensive of 1968. Lathrop believed that although veterans become conditioned to the intense survival skills required in war, they have difficulty recovering the emotional intelligence required to live in peace. "We have a responsibility to our veterans when they return to our peacetime society to aid them to recover after their sacrifices."

Inspiring and thought-provoking, the poems and photography ofThe Dark Side of Heaven will keep fans reading and reflecting long into the night.

AgeView press is a small cooperative press which has generated several multi-award winning books. Genres include historical fiction, military fiction, military history, military poetry and youth fiction. Jeanette Vaughan serves as managing editor. For more information contact info@ageviewpress.com

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