This is a true story of the life of Mingo Sanders. Freed from slavery during the Civil War, he rises to become the First Sergeant of the U.S. Army Bicycle Corps and leads his company through two deployments in the Spanish American war, first Cuba and later the Philippine Islands. In the shadow of the Buffalo Soldiers legacy, his honor was crushed into the ground of Brownsville, Texas by the Rough Riders Colonel. Time rights the wrongs done to him when President Theodore Roosevelt’s actions are overturned by the first U.S. Army Equal Opportunity Office. Why haven’t you ever heard of him? No longer living, and no with living relatives, his legacy has never been fully restored. Can it be when government institutions, corrupted by baked in racism, have worked for so long to keep his story from blemishing the Medal of Honor recipient and face of Mount Rushmore?

A unit history by Sergeant First Class Brian Smith

The U.S. Army Transportation Agency is a unique and highly trained group of Master Drivers dedicated to providing premier, worldwide, vital chauffeur support to the President, First Family, and Executive staff. Operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment requires a team of dedicated, highly competent professionals. This is their story.

Available in hardback, and paperback formats.

A book by Brian Michael Smith

Memories from U.S. Army Basic Combat Training. A Private First Class of the graduating class of Charlie Company 2-47 Infantry Regiment, First Platoon in June 2004 at Fort Benning (now Fort Hal Moore) shares a look back after twenty years.

Available in paperback format.

People like cheese, but they often like different types of cheese, and so it is with poetry as well. For those who like cheese and poetry, Cheesy Poetry could be just what is needed to motivate you to keep making the dough to put bread on the table. The two pair very profitably in this publication of poems I have aged for twenty-five years. Enjoy!

Poetry / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious