James Kirkpatrick 
Prodigal Patriot [EPUB ebook] 
A Memoir

Casualties of war come in many forms. During the Vietnam War, our servicemen and women left the battlefield and returned home to a new, horrific suffering. ’The Prodigal Patriot’ is the true story of a young man, Jim Kirkpatrick, who never saw combat. While trying to perform his duties as a lower-ranking Airman, Jim was keeping his eye on what was happening in Vietnam, and it was making him crazy. A turbulent childhood with an abusive father, years of substance abuse, and witnessing the effects of war on his close friends and relatives traumatized Jim as any casualty would.