‘My Last War: A Vietnam Veteran’s Tour in Iraq’: Author and Veteran Tells Story of His C.O.B.R.A. Team During Operation Iraqi Freedom

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla., Dec. 18, 2009 — Central Florida police officer Charles M. Grist is one of the few Vietnam veterans to have served as an enlisted soldier in the Iraq war. In 2004, he volunteered to be the sergeant-in-charge of the Protective Service Detail for an Army Reserve general in Baghdad…