Jerry D JacksonJERRY D. JACKSON was brought into this world in the small country town of Elizabethtown, NC, on 16 August 1946. He graduated from high school in June of 1965, got married, fathered a child, went on active military duty, completed two specialized schols, and served a year in Vietnam, all before his twenty-first birthday. Later, he completed a two-year class through George Washington University, finishing second in his class, and in 1976, he graduated from the Coast Guard Officer Candidate School located in Yorktown, Virginia, and went on to complete over twenty-three years of service defending his country with pride. Jerry and his late wife started a furniture business in Mt. Juliet, TN., in 1986, and retired as a Lieutenant (03) in the United States Coast Guard in September 1987.All of his childhood experiences, growing up in the country, and his experiences during and after the military contributed greatly to the poems found in this book. Mr. Jackson continues to write and is a Deacon at a church he attends every Sunday. Read More Read Less