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SARGE LINTECUM
VIETNAM COMBAT
VETERAN Sarge did three tours of duty in Vietnam, 1966-'67-'68.
His first tour was eleven months in the jungle/hospital with the 101st Airborne
Paratroopers as a combat infantryman. During that time he advanced to Squad
Leader. Sarge came down with malaria three times, jungle-rot, immersion-foot,
two varieties of internal parasites, a shrapnel wound in his leg, exposure to
Agent Orange, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which Sarge says is the "Vietnam
Blues". Sarge received the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct medal, a Vietnam Service
Medal with 1 Bronze Service Star and 1 Silver Service Star, Parachute Jump Wings,
the Combat Infantryman Badge, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam
Campaign Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, a Valorous Unit Emblem, a Republic
Of Vietnam Gallantry Cross With Palm Unit Citation Badge, and five Over-Seas
Bars.
POET Sarge Lintecum is a leading
slam poet (performance art poet) in Arizona, and slam master, having hosted
The Mary McCann Poetry Slam for over three years. He has been an organizer
and national competing member of the Phoenix Slam Poetry Team from 1992,
when he competed that year in Boston, to 1996. At the 1994 Annual National
Slam Poetry Competition in Asheville, North Carolina Sarge won the Slam Haiku
competition making him the 1994 National Slam Haiku Champion of the USA,
and inspiring him to write his 160 page book, (1 Haiku per page) "Sarge's
Little Book of Haiku". This book was Sarge's second book of poetry, preceded
by "The Vietnam Blues and Other Really Radical Writings." (50 pages) Sarge's
third book, "Vietnam Vet Will Work For Food" (30 pages) will touch your
heart.
SONGWRITER Sarge's blues music,
spoken word, and jazz recording, "Vietnam Blues-Combat Tested Blues . . .
For Peace", (on CD and cassette), on which Sarge sings, plays harmonica,
and wrote the songs and poems has received five Honorable Mention Certificates
in Billboard Magazine's National Song Contest.
MUSICIAN
Sarge, a fine harmonica player, is endorsed and sponsered by Lee Oskar, of
WAR fame, and owner of the Lee Oskar Harmonica Company. Lee Oskar has come to
Phoenix, Arizona, on five occasions to do benefit concerts that Sarge and his
wife and business partner, Leslie Nan Lintecum, conceived of and organized.
Lee Oskar is going to be on Sarge's new CD, "P.T.S.D.
Blues" which will be released in 2008!
SINGER Sarge has a powerful
voice and stage presence. He performs at concerts and veterans' events around
the nation. Sarge's recording, "Vietnam Blues-Combat Tested Blues... For
Peace", has been played around the world on short-wave radio on Doc Upton's
Vietnam Veterans Radio Network by Radio For Peace International. Mr. &
Mrs. Sarge Enterprises advertises "Vietnam Blues-Combat Tested Blues . .
. For Peace", in "Vietnam Magazine", in the US and many countries around
the world.
TEACHER Sarge and Leslie have
home taught their four children, (two now grown), and Sarge teaches: poetry,
the Vietnam War, haiku poetry, performance art poetry, and peace classes
by personal appearances for ten and twenty day workshops through the Arizona
Commission on the Arts Residency Roster. Grants are available to cover half
of the cost.
BENEFIT
ORGANIZER "Harmonicas Against Hunger" for Saint Mary's
Food Bank featuring Lee Oskar and Sarge took place at the Rhythm Room Blues
Bar two years in a row (1992 & '93). Lee also did a benefit with Sarge
and Leslie for the Vietnam Veterans of America Post #432, Phoenix Chapter.
Sarge and Leslie do benefits for the CASS Homeless Shelter in Phoenix and
many other charities with great need.
SPEAKER Sarge is much in demand
as a speaker at schools, clubs, churches, and on radio, and TV. Audiences
of all ages find Sarge captivating, thought provoking, and informative.
MASTER OF
CEREMONIES Sarge is an entertainer, and that really shows
when he hosts an event. Sarge has hosted hundreds of poetry events, a series
of AIDS benefits, and all of the benefits and shows that he and Leslie
produce.
SARGE'S CREDITS
Highly decorated, three-tour Vietnam
Combat Veteran
Singer, song writer, musician, poet
Online radio show host for the TechEdge
Radio Network (On The Music Edge With Sarge Lintecum)
1994 Slam Haiku Champion of the United
States
Member of ASCAP
Roster artist for the Arizona Commission
on the Arts
Song writer with five Honorable Mention
Certificates in the Billboard Magazine Song Contest
Homeless advocate
Contributor of music and poetry to
documentaries on homeless veterans and PTSD, including, Lost Warriors produced
at Florida State University and Journey of Healing produced by Pacific Islands
Division, National Center for PTSD, Honolulu, Hawaii
PAST EVENTS
Vietnam Veterans of America National
Convention 1999, Anaheim, California
Vietnam Veterans of America National
Convention 1997, Kansas City, Missouri
Veterans for Peace National Convention
1993, Tucson, Arizona
Vietnam Women Veterans, Inc. Homecoming
Conference 1999, Olympia, Washington
LZ-Elko 1995 Reunion, Elko, Minnesota
Vietnow Moving Wall, Crescent City,
California, 1993
National Poetry Slam Competition
1992 - Boston, Massachusetts
1993 - San Francisco, California
1994 - Asheville, North Carolina
1995 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
1996 - Portland, Oregon
Earth Mother Mind Jam, Phoenix, Arizona,
1989-1999
The Mind Jam, St. Cloud,
Minnesota,1999
Art Detour 1993, Phoenix, Arizona
The Phoenix Art Museum Preview For Old
Glory Fund-raiser, Phoenix, Arizona
The Martin Luther King Jr. 1997 "Play
for Peace," Phoenix Civic Plaza at Symphony Hall
NFL Friday Night Party
(Commissioner's Ball) 1996, Phoenix Civic Plaza
Nam Jam, Tucson, Arizona, since 1987
Opened for play in 2002, A Circle on
the Cross, LaGrange, Georgia - now turned into a movie in 2007
Performed at the In The Shadow Of The
Blade film premiere party in Austin, Texas in 2003. Sarge's song Sister Soldier
was used in this film.
Attended the 2004 WorldFest Houston International
Film Festival where In The Shadow Of The Blade won Best Documentary and Best
of Show. ITSOTB was later awarded the Vietnam Veterans of America President's
Award for Outstanding Documentary. ITSOTB airs regularly on the Military Channel
since 2005.
Wrote, recorded, and donated The Silver
Rose Blues song to The Order of the Silver Rose in 2005 to support Agent Orange
victims.
Featured on Country Music Television's
Small Town Secrets in the episode Cowgirls, Combines, and Commandos. Sarge was
filmed at the Arizona Airplane Bone Yard in Tucson, Arizona singing the blues
song he wrote for the show titled Buried In The Bone Yard Blues in 2005.
Since 2003, Sarge continues to make
cellphone voice ringers for many of the major cellphone carriers. Sarge does
character voices such as Army Sergeant, Truck Driver, Pirate, Hippie, Redneck
Hillbilly, Christian, and Santa Claus.
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