Never Left Behind

About the Book

The Navy SEAL ethos of never leaving a shipmate behind is stretched to the limit through two generations of SEALS. Randall Jenkins has never given up on his BUD/s teammate, but due to failing health, he must recruit his son to carry on the search for Edgar Allan Jollar. The search takes place on three continents. Decades have gone by, and D. D. Jenkins takes up the search with very little hope of finding his father’s shipmate. While Jenkins carries on the search for Jollar, Phung Tu, an NVA soldier, has carried on his fight against the Americans until they are driven out of his country. He never has forgotten the American blonde giant who frightened him so much as a boy and created the humiliation of having soiled himself in fear that night in the Mekong. His hatred of all things Western has driven him for all his years fighting for his country. Now middle age has found both Tu and Jollar; their lives have settled into a routine that has left the war behind. But unbeknownst to either man, they lives would continue to enmesh in ways neither man could fathom.

About the Author

Mr. Miller’s service in Vietnam and the passing years without the answers to the whereabouts of our missing in action provided the genesis for this story. That it is populated by Navy SEALS is an appropriate homage to these true American heroes. Mr. Miller’s son’s dear friend and BUD/s teammate was killed in Afghanistan, and this book and the one that preceded it are dedicated to his memory. Mr. Miller is a registered nurse, a nurse educator, a father of four, and a grandfather of five. He lives in St. Charles, Missouri, with his wife, Marilyn.