Gerald R. Gioglio

I am the author of the social justice and antiwar memoir Marching to a Silent Tune: A Journey from We Shall to Hell No, published in paperback by ACTA Publications. This book is a childhood to young adult look at a complicated journey to social consciousness and peace activism within the historical reality of the 1960s. The book relates with compelling honesty the struggle to understand and embody a working-class, Catholic upbringing while responding to civil rights challenges, the military draft, and the dehumanizing aspects of military training.

I also authored Days of Decision: An Oral History of Conscientious Objectors in the Military during the Vietnam War (1989), available in Softcover and Kindle editions. Among its many other kudos, Days of Decision received a “Starred Review” from Kirkus Reviews which called it: "Major antiwar literature." I also edited I Refuse: Memories of a Vietnam War Objector (1992), a civilian draft resistance story by Donald Simons.

Several nonfiction short stories can be found on StoryStar.com, where I was named "Short Story Star of the Month" for May 2022. Other pieces appear in The Catholic Worker newspaper. Several articles and book reviews appear in The Veteran, the newspaper of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. A Genealogical article, Sticks and Stones, appears in the online journal, We the Italians, along with the short story, The Modica Chocolate Man. The Case of the Missing Grandfather appears in the July/August 2021 issue of Your Genealogy Today.

I hold a master's degree from Rutgers University. Majors and minors included: Sociology, Labor Studies and Urban Education. I also have extensive advanced studies in Sociology from Rutgers.

I was employed for twenty-five years with the New Jersey Department of Human Services and another seven with Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen, NJ. In addition to conducting sociological research and evaluation at both agencies I worked as an Adjunct Instructor of Sociology at the College of New Jersey, Rider University and the College of Staten Island. I am currently retired, living in Colorado Springs with my wife Kathilynn. Finally, I am a member of the Secular Franciscan Order, Vietnam Veterans of America, Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Amnesty International.