Several years back, I received a call from an individual who gave me a lot of source material for Shuttered Reality and Educated Shutter. I had not expected to hear from him again.
A few years after the publication of those books, I received a phone call from him. The dire tone and frailty in his voice motivated me to push my plans aside and take another trip up to his mountain cabin.
He greeted me with a mason jar of his home-brewed beer. We sat at his kitchen table. I placed a small pocket recorder between us. What you will be reading in the following pages came from the transcription of that recording. Of course, I added a few things for clarity.
Jason Roberts started with the following introduction: “I know you and your readers have asked about the man named Sergeant Psycho. I’ve held back from telling you more details about him because, for years after leaving Vietnam, I did not believe he was killed by North Vietnamese soldiers. I often wondered what happened to him. In slow periods of my life, I endeavored to find his beginning, hoping that it would give me some insight as to what happened to him. What I am about to tell you is my attempt in separating the man from the myth.
I don’t expect it to be long before I leave this earthly plain. I want you to know that lacking confirmation on many of the facts, I can only guess at certain events.
A few months back, I came into possession of knowledge along with the permission to tell you what I believe to be the story as to how he arrived in Vietnam and promoted himself to Sgt. Psycho.”
The following chapters are dedicated to those who served in Vietnam and went above and beyond the call of duty
