Master Expressive Artist
Brian Wizard
The turn of the millennia artist’s published legacy is offered below.
“There are three important times in life.
The first is conception. Without it, there is no ‘it’.
The second is the first heartbeat. That is when the journey to death begins.
In between is the time available to create a legacy.
It’s the legacy that you leave behind.”
The Will He Make It, the Trilogy
The Will He Make It Saga depicts a soldier’s daily life during the Viet Nam war from a door gunner’s perspective. Based on the author’s experience as a permanent door gunner of the smokeship Pollution IV, and then onto civilian life and the wars the author found wage from his true enemy from the beginning.
Just when you think the actions depicted in the novel PTK might be more fictitious war stories than true, watch the video Viet Nam: “Then, Again, and Beyond.” It won the NY Indie Film Fest in 2005, a Las Vegas screening, and is comprised of actual war footage shot by Brian and the crew of Pollution IV.
Written and published by Brian Wizard, with the sound track and three music videos written, performed, and edited by Brian Wizard, with friends.
"BIG NEWS! - New book in the series: Permission to Die
The fourth eBook in this saga will be the one to bring closure to the reader regarding the end of life for the author: Permission to Die. Even though he has been proven to be a hard man to kill, it is inevitable.
The Viet Nam War.
The photo eBook and documentary bring many of the images described in the Permission to Kill novel as a living history. Both are award-winning (NY Indie Film Festival ’05) Viet Nam: “Then, Again, and Beyond.” Sixty-six minutes of pure Brian Wizard historic archival footage shot over a 45 year period and the Smokeship eBook won the Stars and Flag best photo book. (2013)
The Story Behind the Award-Winning Film
This is BW’s award-winning documentary (NY Indie Film Festival ’09), which documents 40+ years of dealing with the combat stress of dying and living through war and after. It’s a war of fighting the residual effects of war when attrition beats down a survivor.
Brian Wizard and various crewmembers shot the combat footage during his combat tour in 1968-’69 as a door gunner on the prestigious combat assault helicopter Pollution IV. The film-loaded camera was the state-of-the-art home movie type: Super 8mm, where the frames were 8 mm square—tiny. Hence, the poor quality. There was no sound recording. The industry had yet to learn how to spell video or HD.
This doco has three parts, three music videos, and a killer soundtrack written and performed by BW and friends.
“An amazing depiction of a day in the life of an Assault Helicopter Company in Viet Nam. Composed of unique combat footage shot by the crew of Pollution IV in 1969. No Hollywood remake or military footage—just raw reality.”
“A healing return trip to Viet Nam 30 years after Brian’s return from war, showing the transition from soldier to peacemaker.”
“A showcase of Brian’s donation to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. Includes his combat flight helmet, platoon scarf, and the smoke generator now installed on the Huey ‘Smokey III’, keeping the story of smokeships alive forever.”
“The industry had yet to learn how to spell video or HD when this was shot. This film has been 40 years in the making. It is worth watching all 66 minutes, maybe more than once.”
What Fellow Veterans Are Saying
A review from a fellow airman: John Brennan, SP5 Flight Operations Coordinator with the 114 AHC, 1970-71, noted Viet Nam historian and author of the books “U.S. Army Helicopter Names in Viet Nam” and “U.S. Army Helicopter Nose Art in Viet Nam.”
Brian,
Bravo, my friend, and I mean that sincerely. Hands down that is the best documentary about the helicopter war by a veteran I have seen to date. The three major parts—1969, 1999, and the Smithsonian dedication—represent a true full-circle experience yet put on film.
Your film stands alongside “The Shadow of the Blade” as the two best video presentations about the Army helicopter experience for successfully reaching beyond the threshold of the undefined and reconfirming the elements that bind us together, those of the in-country Army helicopter fraternity.
Not only was your narration insightful, genuine, and perfectly in sync with the images, but it was also playful and honest. Your documentary ends a 40-year drought of unfulfilled explanations of what went on over there in Nam and fills a huge void to the benefit of viewers now and in the future.
Congrats, Brian. You’ve done a great service to the community of man. Because of your not forgetting, history has gained a whole new bunch of pages in the chronicle of that particular time, place, and human activity.
Now ain’t that just about as cool as two shoes when walking on hot pavement? Let’s not forget these moments:
Smoke Generator Found
Above, you see the combat flight helmet I wear in my award-winning documentary about the Vietnam War as I steal the enemy flag from their compound, flying by standing on the skid of my helicopter, Pollution IV
Pollution IV was the 118th Assault Helicopter Co.’s smokeship. The NASM has a Huey that has a history of being a smokeship, that is why Roger Connor contacted me, as my book and movie tell the story of a day in the life of a smokeship in combat. After I donated my helmet and scarf, I told Roger that until he had a smoke generator in the Huey on display, he just had another Huey. Of course, his question was, “Where do we find a vintage piece of equipment like that.” I told him, “Hold that thought. I’ll get back to you.”
Soon enough, I had the missing part, and Roger installed it, so now the Huey on display is complete.
Brian Wizard: The eBook Collection
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2025 Seasonal Novellas. Winter 2025.
More than short stories, but not novels. They all depict my personal life throughout 2025 in seasonal accounts. They are as exciting as almost anyone's personal report of daily challenges, wishful thinking, and work as a free-thinking man who lives in the wilderness, off-grid, with daily challenges for survival, and future plans of historic dimensions in work and fun.
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Calibre will read the text aloud to you if you want.
Experience Four Months of Weather and Life Atop Brian's Mountain
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Life Immaculate, the Trilogy, a Spiritual Satire.
Buried in the Dirt of Boot Hill
Synopsis:
A late 1800s gunfight in Boot Hill, Arizona.
What About Me?
Synopsis:
A song about a failed angel and his inability to hear the prayers and act upon them.
The Seagull Song
Synopsis:
A song about life and death from a seagull’s point of view.
On the Prowl
Synopsis:
A song about a busker making his way into the big time as a stage performer.
Ride along with a happy hitchhiker as he wanders the roads just for the fun of it.
Brian Wizard: Gallery of 3D, hand-sculptured artworks and home videos.
"BIG NEWS! - SMITHSONIAN 2026"
The Smithsonian will open its doors to the refurbished aviation display in a Museum in DC. BW's combat gear will become part of the display's centerpiece. How sweet is that? Very.
Living on the edge is truly living, second by second, second to none.
