About
My labor of love has been to write nonfiction about the Twins Platoon of which I was a member. The first book was published in 2006, "The Twins Platoon, an epic story of young Marines at war in Vietnam. My second book was published in 2025, "The Legacy of the Twins Platoon, the true-life stories of Marines at war in Vietnam. I served in Vietnam from December 1967 to January 1969. After being honorably discharged in 1970, I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Technology degree from Northwest Missouri State University. I had a successful career as an insurance agent for Country Financial and retired after forty-seven years. I live in North Branch with my wife. We have three children and three grandchildren.
Featured Work
The Legacy of the Twins Platoon
They were sworn in on television at a pregame ceremony and were guests of the Twins at the game. By the end of the fourth inning, the recruits were hustled to buses whisking them to the Wold-Chamberlain Field Airport, and they flew to San Diego. Before dawn the next day, the Twins Platoon met their drill sergeants at the receiving barracks of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. By the end of the year, the Marines were in Vietnam sprinkled across the length and breadth of the Marine Corps operating areas of I Corps, the northernmost part of South Vietnam where they experienced some of the toughest combat of the war. Khe Sanh and Hue City were just a few of the hot spots they encountered as the 1968 TET Offensive rolled across the country. Not all members of the Twins Platoon came home in one piece. Some did not come home at all. In The Legacy of the Twins Platoon, author Christy Sauro Jr. tells their complete stories from baseball to combat and their lifelong readjustment to civilian life.
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Awards and Recognition
- The Legacy of the Twins Platoon has won 20 Book Awards. * 2026 Global Book Award. A Gold Medal Winner in the category of "War and Military". *2026 Global Book Award. A Gold Medal Winner in the category of “Biographies-Survival”. *2026 International Firebird Book Award "Nonfiction Winner". *2026 International Firebird Book Award for "Historical Nonfiction United States" (1st-Place), *2026 International Firebird Book Award for Biography/Historical (1st – Place), *2026 International Firebird Book Award for *Military Nonfiction (1st-Place) * 2026 International Impact Book Award Winner - Autobiography, Biography, Military/War. * 2026 Literary Titan Gold Book Award. *2026 Military Writers Society of America (Finalist to be announced in Oct) *2026 National Indie Excellence Award winner for "Military Non-fiction". *2026 Next Best Read (3rd Place) * 2026 PenCraft Seasonal Book Award Winner – Summer Competition in the Nonfiction Historical/cultural category *2026 Reader’s Choice f
