Dick Pirozzolo Marks Veterans Day with Call to Hire Returning Servicemen and Women, Citing Leadership and Other Skills Gained While Serving Their County
Boston public relations agency founder recalls the leadership and other skills veterans acquire on active duty in the US and in overseas, and how those lessons apply to benefit civilian employers. His comments are part of an interview with this Air Force Veteran who launched his career while on active Dduty. - November 11, 2017
Novelist Dick Pirozzolo Presents a Copy of His "Escape from Saigon" to Gov. Michael Dukakis
On the 42nd anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, Dick Pirozzolo presented a copy of his novel "Escape from Saigon" to former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. This Vietnam War novel, coauthored with Michael Morris, is set in Saigon, South Vietnam, during April, 1975, the final month of the war. A historical fiction, the novel uses flashbacks, newspaper accounts and barroom conversations to provide historical context to America's first television war." - April 27, 2017
Fake News and Cyberwar Threats to Democracy Covered at Symposium Tues. at Harvard
Some of the nation's leading authorities on Fake News and Cyberwar will speak at the next Boston Global Forum symposium at Harvard University on Tuesday, April 25. Coverage is invited. - April 21, 2017
R.J. Julia Bookseller Hosts Dick Pirozzolo of "Escape from Saigon" and Other Historical Fiction Authors March 14
The Fall of Saigon and other events that shaped America are part of Historical Fiction Night at R.J. Julia Bookseller event at 7 p.m, March 14 in Madison, Connecticut. - March 08, 2017
New Novels About Vietnam War Hold Answers to Refugee, Veterans, Foreign Policy
New books about the Vietnam War, plus documentaries and theatrical productions offer fresh insight into the legal battle over President Donald Trump's refugee ban and current U.S. foreign policy and attitudes. Among the literary offerings are: “The Sympathizer,” “Tribe,” and “Escape from Saigon - a Novel.” There are also documentaries by Rory Kennedy and Ken Burns and two theatrical productions: "Miss Saigon" which returns to Broadway in March and a new play, "Children of the April Rain." - February 11, 2017
"Escape from Saigon - a Novel" of the Vietnam War's Final Days to be Published January 3
An important historical novel, "Escape From Saigon" by Michael Morris and Dick Pirozzolo, is available through Amazon.com and in bookstores nationwide beginning Jan. 3. Through the stories of Vietnamese and American civilians, journalists, expatriates and US Embassy staffers, CIA agents and spies, The novel hews closely to the historical record in describing the harrowing events leading up to the fall of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. - December 24, 2016