Ua hoʻomaha ʻo John Ketwig mai kahi lawelawe kaʻa a me nā ʻāpana ʻāpana me nā mea hana e like me Toyota, Rolls-Royce / Bentley, Ford a me Hyundai. ʻO John ka mea kākau o ... a ua hina ka ua nui: Ka moʻolelo pono o GI no ke kaua ma Vietnam, i hoʻopuka muaʻia e Macmillan ma ka 1985 a i kākauʻia e nā Sourcebooks ma hope o nā hoʻolālā 27. Ua hoʻopukaʻia kahi puke hou Huakaʻi houʻiaʻo Vietnam,ʻo ka War, the Times, a me ke kumu o kā lākou pilikia e loaʻa i ka 1st i ka hapaha o 2019 a ua hoʻohikiʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kaua loa loa o nā puke a pau e pili ana i ke kauaʻAmelika ma Vietnam. Ua kākauʻo John no nā nūpepa a me nā nūpepa he nui, ua'ōleloʻo ia ma nā kulanui o Hawaiʻi, nā kulanui, a me nā kula kiʻekiʻe, a uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia ma nā polokalamu lekiō a me nā wikiō. Nohoʻo John ma Vietnam mai 1967 a hiki i ka mahinaʻo 1968. No ka makemakeʻole e hoʻonohoʻia e kū ma ke ala o ka Pentagon a paʻa i kahi pūkunana bayonetted e kū'ē i nā mea kū'ē i ka maluhia me ka mea āna iʻae aku ai, ua kohoʻo ia e lawelawe i kānaʻoihana "kuleana" ma Thailand. He lālāʻo ia o Vietnam Veterans of America, Veterans For Peace, a he lālā ola o Vietnam Veterans e kū'ē i ke Kaua. Ua manaʻoʻo John a me kāna wahineʻo Carolynn e kū anaʻo Agent Orange no ka makeʻana o kā lāua makahiapo i nā makahiki 14. Nā wahi e nānā nui ai: ka moe kolohe; ke kālā waiwai o ka militarism; hana kūpono a me nā'āpana aupuni āpau; moʻolelo pukeʻole o ka makahiki Vietnam.
