A small town Michigan lad, James Gregory Maynard embarked on his journey as a storyteller after retiring the rigors of management in industry. Having served in Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive in the U.S. Air Force, James envisioned a story that would reveal to the reader the harrowing feats and suffrage that so many Army and Marine veteran’s endured. More importantly, he desired to tell the story of so many of his brothers who returned home to a hostile public, the first time in this country’s history troops returning from war were spat upon and admonished as baby killers. He chose to use the methods and technology employed by the Special Forces operating clandestinely in Laos and Cambodia, as revealed in the eye opening book “SOG, The secret War”, by Major John Plaster (available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble), as the background of Jon Marzetti’s experience. More of James’ writing can be seen on his website: jamesgregorymaynard.com. Later in 2016 he will release his second novel, Balamar, a science fiction thriller and he is currently working on his next novel, George and Irma – A love story. Also, in the works is a collection of short stories to be released in late 2017.