Tail Wind Author:Robert van Buskirk All my life I had been running, driven by some mysterious force I couldn't identify. The Army saw my perpetual motion as an asset and molded it for their purposes. In Vietnam, as a Special Forces officer, I became the perfect killing machine ideally suited for a hit-and-run war. For my willingness to risk life and limb, the military awarded m... more »e some of the best prizes from its Cracker-Jack box, but not the big one or a flag to my mother. I wasn't killed--only wounded five times. Soon, I was back on my feet running again. I would probably still be running if it were not for some strange happenings that resulted in my arrest and detainment in a German prison. It was there, locked up and unable to run, that I came face to face with my empty life. What I discovered in a German prison cell is what this story is all about.« less