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Merriam Press Military History Series. The military history of the United States is much maligned in the minds of far too many Americans these days and unfortunately so is much of history in general. In its place textbooks focus on mundane issues that have little relevance to our past and will do little or nothing for our future. When someone is asked what year the War of 1812 occurred and has no answer that pretty much tells you that we are marching down a slippery path that may well have catastrophic outcomes. The same is true when a person who should know can't state the countries we faced in World War II other than to mention France who was an ally. This total lack of historical knowledge is frightening when one considers the words of George Santayana in his work "The Life of Reason" where he wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Others more recently have made similar phrases that say much the same. Yet, the younger generation either does not care to hear our historical past or are denied the facts by our out-of-touch education system. More attention is given to the type of foods served in the school cafeterias than how our nation has progressed through time. Patriotism has largely been replaced with notions of diversity and social matters that have little or no meaning to what our founding fathers put forth in both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. Individuals burn the U.S. flag or defame our country on one accord and suck up the freedoms offered by our laws on the other as if they are entitled to those same rights. The object of this work is to focus on the military history of our nation from its earliest beginnings to the end of the American Civil War. Military history of the United States does not mean only organized armies. From the time of Spanish exploration of North America there have been conflicts that required a response that was military in some sense. The progression of that response comes from crews aboard ships, individuals taking up arms, quasimilitary groups, organized State militias, and to fully constituted nation armies. The first conflicts in North America involved the Native American Indians against small groups or individuals, not armies, but that would change as this nation grew in population. Countries like France and Great Britain would send their military troops to these shores for territorial gains changing the scope to full military involvement. The stage was set for the beginning of the United States Military. Illustrated. Contents Military History of the United States Timeline Preface French and Indian Wars The Revolutionary War Post Revolutionary War The War of 1812 Native American Indian Wars Texas War with Mexico Mexican War American Civil War Bibliography Index

Merriam Press Wind Fiction Series In the fifth installment of the misadventures of Megan Docket, Megan becomes embroiled in the investigation of a double murder. As she solves the crimes, she deals with her love life and protects an autistic boy from the killers. The previous four volumes in the Wind series are Voices in the Wind, Alone in the Wind, Cries in the Wind, and Fire in the Wind.

Merriam Press Historical Fiction Series First Edition 2017 Ainslie Souter, a Scottish highwayman, couldn't care less whether Protestants or Catholics rule the world. He's barely escaped an English noose. Now he fights as a mercenary for the Royal House of Sweden. When things settle down at home he'll return. Hippolito Costello, a fiery Spanish priest, accompanies Catholic forces. He has no hesitation in using his Inquisition training to help his side. Torture and death can easily be justified against Protestant apostates. Parallel lives, yet each man is changed in his own way by the war in this literary tale, A Soldier Far Away. The story takes readers into the last great religious war on the European continent, the 17th century. Meticulously researched, A Soldier Far Away offers a grand sweep of the Swedish campaign in northern Europe, where Catholic forces seek to roll back history. A Soldier Far Away offers timely motifs of all wars-heroism, cowardice, incredible vanities, and idiocy of leadership. Friendships and self-interests, morality and endurance rub shoulders on a daily basis. A collection of striking men and women, from the high to the low march through the pages, but the war is primarily seen through Ainslie and Hippolito's eyes. Scarred by what they've become, both find themselves in an epic battle whose outcome determines their fate.

Merriam Press Military Biography Series Second Edition 2017 Kneedler is a compilation of historical documents. It brings Major William Ludwig Kneedler and his family back-to-life for the reader and highlights the strong Army presence in the City of San Diego at the turn of the twentieth century. During Kneedler's Army career he crossed paths with General Arthur MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur's father), Admiral Caspar Goodrich, President William Howard Taft and others. He served as Post Surgeon at West Point and Fort Rosecrans (known today as Naval Base Point Loma). And he played a key role in the aftermath of one of the worst peacetime disasters in Naval history, the USS Bennington explosion. After attending Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, William Ludwig Kneedler entered the Army as a surgeon and served 27 years. He saw service in the Indian Wars of the Northwest, the Spanish American War, and as Executive Officer of the United States Hospital Ship Missouri, traveling around the world. Upon his return to San Diego in May 1902, he was Post Surgeon at Fort Rosecrans until November 1905. His last charge was in the Philippine Islands where he served as Attending Surgeon. Major Kneedler retired from the Army in July 1906, returning to Coronado and entering private practice. His home was designated a Coronado Historical Landmark in 1978. The old post hospital building at Fort Rosecrans still stands today. Contents Introduction The Early Years The Kneedlers Head to West Point The Spanish-American War and the Philippine Commission San Diego Barracks The Kneedler Home Along Ocean Blvd. on Coronado Across the Bay at Fort Rosecrans Captain Ernest D. Scott, Future Commanding Officer of Fort Rosecrans and Society Wedding to Ella von Gerichten, 1903 Ensign Newman K. Perry, Officer on the U.S.S. Bennington and Society Wedding to Vipont Doane, 1903 Buildup of Fort Rosecrans Army and Navy Socializing at San Diego U.S.S. Bennington Tragedy in San Diego Bay, 1905, Death of Perry and 64 Sailors, and Efforts by Kneedler and Scott Directing the Rescue of Survivors, Funerals and Burials, with Establishment of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery and Bennington Memorial Major Kneedler's Retirement and Later Years Daughter Jessie Kneedler's Society Wedding Major Kneedler's Granddaughters Major Kneedler's Gravesite Epilogue: 710th Ordnance Company (EOD) Honoring the Promise 100 Years Later William Cronan, Medal of Honor Heber and Jerauld Ingle The Fort Rosecrans-Chi Omega Connection (Col. Frederick L. Dengler and Jean Vincenheller Dengler) Rear Admiral Caspar Goodrich and Lt. Caspar Goodrich Jr. Songs "Army Blue" and "Benny Havens, Oh!" Kneedler House Designated Coronado Landmark 2007 Dedication of Monument to Fort Rosecrans Soldiers, Past and Present Including Major Kneedler Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Six Memorial 200 color and B&W photos, illustrations, and documents

The United States Army was ill-prepared to engage in a major conflict in Vietnam. This was the consequence of President Lyndon Johnson deciding that the National Guard and the Reserves would not be called up to support the war effort. Army contingency planning for any major conflict was based on the call up of the National Guard and the Reserves. Not being authorized to do so increased exponentially the difficulties in meeting the requirements to fight the war in Vietnam. Between 1965 and 1968 the United States Army almost doubled in size. Who were the additional personnel? Privates fresh out of basic training and second lieutenants fresh out of OCS, ROTC, or West Point. Improvising a War is the story of how the Army General Staff coped with this challenge to meet the forces requested by the Army headquarters in Vietnam and approved by the Secretary of Defense. The author arrived for duty in the Pentagon two days after the first major combat units (1st Infantry Division, 1st Air Cavalry Division) departed for Vietnam and after the creation of the Committee for Unit Deployments to Vietnam on the same day. One day later he became the Representative of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel on this Committee. The responsibility of this committee was to ensure that the units requested and approved were sent to Vietnam on their scheduled dates. Improvising a War recounts how the committee accomplished its mission (not always successfully) with particular emphasis on the personnel challenges. -- Back cover.

Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series First Edition 2017 The late Wallace Clement served in three wars, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. A West Point Cadet, he entered the Army as a 2nd Lt. in 1940, rising to the rank of Major in 1944, serving with the 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Italy where late in the war he was captured and ended the war as a POW. He served in the Korean War, as a Lt. Colonel, and in Vietnam as a Brig. General as assistant division commander of the 23rd Americal Division. He was awarded every medal that a soldier can receive save for the Medal of Honor. This is his story, written by him, and edited by a good friend, Sean Heuvel, who as a boy listened to Clement tell his tales of his service. Contents Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Early Years in Cambridge Chapter 2: West Point and the Cavalry Chapter 3: The Move to Tank Destroyers Chapter 4: Trial By Fire in Italy Chapter 5: Hard Fighting Against the Germans Chapter 6: POW Days Chapter 7: Lessons Learned from World War II Epilogue Appendix A: Wallace L. Clement Dates of Rank Appendix B: Military Decorations of Wallace L. Clement Appendix C: Distinguished Service Cross Citation Appendix D: Bronze Star Citation Appendix E: U.S. Army MIA Telegram to Mrs. Helen Clement Appendix F: 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion List of Enemy Equipment Destroyed and List of Enemy Personnel Captured Appendix G: Letter From 804th TDB Veteran Morris H. Snow to Col. David Clement (USMCR, Ret.) Appendix H: Some Highlights of the 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Europe 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion Bibliography

Merriam Press Personal Chronicle Series. First Edition 2017. A pictorial biography from the memoirs of Mary Smith Murphy, a first generation Irish-American. Mary grew up in the Bronx and raised four daughters and a son with her husband Bernard J. Murphy, also first generation Irish-American. 100 color/B&W photos/illustrations.

Merriam Press Military History Series First Edition 2017 This is the story of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. It is not a history of the Civil War and seeks only to tell the story of one Regiment that was part of the Army of the Potomac, from the time it was raised in the summer of 1862, to the end of the war. The story is told by the spirit of the author's great-great-grandfather, Simeon Bathurst, who was a member of this unit from its inception in the summer of 1862 until the end of the war. For his narrative, Kohler uses primary resources originally owned by Simeon Bathurst which he inherited from family members. These include a history of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers published at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as a series of volumes entitled Battles and Leaders of the Civil War which was published in the 1880s. This book gives the reader a view of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of the men who served in the 148th, as well as some of the leaders who led them. Much of what is contained in this book has not been widely available to the general public prior to this time. 9 photos/illustrations.

Merriam Press Korean War Series. Second Edition 2017. This book tells a story of events which occurred during a brief but momentous period in American history, involving two extraordinary men, President Harry S. Truman and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The story tells of their interaction during a time of grave national crisis, how they veered badly off course and ultimately collided head-on. It was a collision which both altered the course of history and irreparably changed their personal destinies. Included are details of the Korean War during the 1950-51 period. Contents: Chapter 1: The Invasion Chapter 2: The General Chapter 3: The President Chapter 4: The Inchon Landing Chapter 5: The Wake Island Summit Chapter 6: The Advance to The Yalu Chapter 7: The Chinese Intervention Chapter 8: The Fallout From Defeat Chapter 9: The Ridgway Resurgence Chapter 10: The Crisis of Command Chapter 11: The Aftermath Epilogue Acknowledgements 80 photos, 6 maps, 1 ill., 6 document

Merriam Press Fiction Series First Edition 2017 The fourth story in the "Wind" series finds Megan outraged by a cross burning on her land, and she forms the Night Posse and then strikes back. Meanwhile, she is saddened by the tragic illness of her dear friend, James. After her new boyfriend is killed, she is jailed for his murder. Later she fights to the death in the darkness against an avenger. An undercover cop pursues her. When a dying James attempts to end his life, Megan is forced to act.

Merriam Press Aviation History Series First Edition 2017 In the past decade, the role of aircraft wreck hunting as a hobby has changed more toward protecting crash sites as memorials, honoring those whom were lost, bringing closure to families, and placing memorial plaques in honor of those who were lost in these tragic accidents. For those of us who are offspring from the World War II generation, we feel an ever stronger sense of respect in honoring those that gave their lives for such a great cause. There is a strong sense of responsibility for us in keeping their names alive, and maybe it might be that we are the last real link to them. As youngsters we witnessed the war heroes that received a lot of attention especially those involved in the flying world, but it was sad to think of the aircrews that were lost states-wide whose names were never known. They never had a chance to fight a war, but they were just as much a hero as anyone else. Just think of where they might have gone in life. Contents: Chapter 1: Grand Coulee P-63A Kingcobra Chapter 2: Feathered Engine: A B-24's Failed Go Around Chapter 3: "Tommy's Tigator" Chapter 4: United Flight 173: Portland Oregon Chapter 5: Missing F4F Wildcats Found Chapter 6: Mid-Air Over The Olympics Chapter 7: General Aviation and Unidentified Sites Chapter 8: "Dutch Roll" Sheds Engines From Boeing 707 Jetliner Chapter 9: "Firewood One" Chapter 10: B-47E Refueling Technique Turns Night Mission Into Disaster Chapter 11: "Article 123" The Cover Up Chapter 12: Speed Brakes: A Fatal Consequence to a Sabre Jet Forced Landing Chapter 13: High Altitude Stall Downs P-47D Thunderbolt Chapter 14: Controlled Flight Into Terrain Chapter 15: Failure of Engine Turbine Wheel Severs Aft Fuselage from F-86D Sabre Chapter 16: Mid-Air Break-Up: The Touchet B-24 Tragedy Chapter 17: Broken Connecting Rod Ends Airacobra Night Flight Chapter 18: The Salish Peak F-89s Chapter 19: Ejection From F-86 Sabre Jet Conforms With Fire Warning Light Chapter 20: Echelon Formation Creates Airacobra Collision Chapter 21: Blackbird's Night Training Mission Goes Awry Chapter 22: Mystery Solved: Super Sabre Found Hundreds Of Miles Off Course Chapter 23: Inclement Weather: A Trap for a Vultee BT-13 Chapter 24: Snow Storm Dooms B-25 On Mt. Timpanogos Chapter 25: Phantom Jet Disappears On Routine Training Mission Chapter 26: Regina Airlines DC-3: Attempt at VFR Flight Proves Fatal Chapter 27: The Dakota Crewmen of Sulphur Mountain Chapter 28: In Weather Over Mountains And Out Of Gas Appendix I: Washington State Crash Locator List Appendix II: Oregon Crash Locator List Appendix III: Idaho Crash Locator List Bibliography and Suggested Reading 36 B&W and 313 color photos

Merriam Press Military Memoir Series First Edition 2016 Late 1945, the movement for independence in India was coming to a head. In Palestine, the conflict between the majority Arab population and the ever-increasing Jewish settlements was intensifying. The political situation in Egypt was deteriorating; in Greece, the government was facing a civil war; and in Trans-Jordan, King Abdullah was trying to save his throne. British influence (the old Raj and previous political leverage) in these areas was declining fast and the vestiges of "Empire" were fading rapidly. During the period of 1945-1949, I served as an army officer in India and a number of Middle-East countries. This provided me the opportunity to see, at first hand, some of the miseries inflicted on hundreds of thousands of people as a result of bad decisions made by politicians sitting comfortably in their offices in Westminster and Washington, D.C., whose major concerns seemed to have been guided mainly by the patronizing party politics and nationalistic arbitrary needs. In each of the countries Branson served, the local situation varied necessitating a different set of behavioral rules. Though this caused preliminary problems, it also provided a welcome change to what would otherwise have become routine work. He felt compelled to recount his experiences that took place during a seminal period. But to write such an account posed a number of problems. In the first place, the incidents occurred almost 70 years ago and to recall one's thoughts at that time without recourse to retrospect is almost impossible. In the second place, he was very young and his views were based on first impressions (some of which were later proved false.) Given these problems, he decided to write a number of short sketches of what life was like for a young officer serving in India and the Middle East during those turbulent times. To give the picture some background, he included his earlier training period in England that led to a commission in the Indian Army. Contents Prologue Chapter 1: My Early Days Chapter 2: Basic Training, England Chapter 3: Passage to India Chapter 4: Kalyan Center and the Officers Training School, Bangalore, India Chapter 5: To the Himalayas, 1946 Chapter 6: The 7th Gurkha Rifle Regiment Chapter 7: Egypt Chapter 8: Palestine and Trans-Jordan Chapter 9: Greece Chapter 10: The Royal Sussex Regiment, England 94 photos 1 map

Merriam Press Historical Fiction Series Number 12 Second Edition 2016 After many years out of print, The Silver Lady is available once again. First written in 1972 by 388th Bomb Group veteran James Facos, the novel has been re-released by Merriam Press. A fictional account of the Starrett crew and their beloved B-17 during 1944, The Silver Lady was drawn from Facos's personal experience as ball turret gunner with the Arthur Moreland crew in the 560th Bomb Squadron. The crew flew 30 missions between March and June 1944 in their own "Silver Lady." In addition to its vivid combat action (including a terrifying crash landing), the novel evokes deep personal memories of life at Knettishall. The book also examines how the human spirit is tested when faced with the horrors of war. In The Silver Lady, James Facos evokes the tension, the triumph and the tragedy of an American bomber crew in England during the height of the war over Germany in 1944. The horrors of an air war fought and flown high above the target are described in realistic detail, but there are other levels to the story: there is a love story involving the youngest of the American crewmen, and the intensely emotional ordeal of an idealistic Quaker who has to come to terms with war and death in the way that only one who kills can know. England's peaceful countryside, the smoky landscape of Germany and an explosive conflict within the crew itself are masterfully realized in a nostalgic, authentic and excitingly told tale of war, its warriors and its victims. In writing The Silver Lady, Facos wanted to show what the air war was really like and no less a critic than Howard R. Gotlieb at Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library wrote a letter in 1974 to Facos, affirming what Facos had achieved. Wrote Gotlieb: "The historical immediacy of the novel attests to the accuracy of your own eye and memory, and to your ability in creating one of the few outstanding pieces of fiction emanating from World War II." James Facos joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 at the age of 19, serving as a ball turret gunner on a B-17, the real "Silver Lady," based in England. He received the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. A playwright, poet and novelist with several published works, James Facos taught English for 30 years at Norwich University and Vermont College. Sadly James Facos passed away in May 2017.

A veteran Marine records his service in the Marine Corps and Iraq between 2003 and 2008.

Merriam Press Fiction Series First Edition 2016 The third story in the Wind Series finds Megan stirred by the mystery of two strangers and the unsolved murders of two local women from decades past. Pregnant yet haunted, Megan summons the help of close family and friends then plunges into an investigation which uncovers deceit, revenge, and betrayal. As Megan nears the truth, she and her crew become endangered by the killer. When Megan persists, she faces disastrous consequences.

Merriam Press Fiction Series First Edition 2016 Albert Einstein is alleged to have said "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." Thankfully, a catastrophic World War III has not broken out so far. However, few would disagree that the danger of it erupting has grown with the advent of the 21st century. This book of political fiction takes the reader into an imagined future by describing what might happen in the world in the next two decades. Specifically, the future is viewed via twenty-one newspaper dispatches that cover flash points and controversial issues around the globe, over the period 2020 - 2040. Author's Bio: Jochanan Stenesh is Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Western Michigan University where he has had a distinguished career of teaching, research, and publishing scientific papers and books. He holds a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and had postdoctoral appointments at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and Purdue University. In addition to his scientific books, he has authored three other books, Milestones: A Book of Days, Rot on the Vine: The Many Dark Faces of Religion and, most recently, A World at Risk. Contents Preface To Our Readers On High Alert The New Caliphate The Growling Bear Piracy's Comeuppance The Spread of Terror The Caliphate Grows Enough is Enough The Dragon Stirs Tahrir Square Reprise A Rude Awakening The Dragon Strikes The Hermit Nation Runs Amok A Landmark Decision An Environmental Update Heeding the Call The Dragon Spews Fire An Old Controversy Aftermath of a Ban Ominous Clouds Rumblings in the Himalayas A Nation in the Throes of Death

"A dark, sad, comedic, fictional account of a man who believes he is the reincarnation of Ernest Hemingway. "Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Hemingway died on July 2nd, 1961, at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head that blew off half of his face and the back of his head. "I was born on May 2nd, 1962, in Oak Lawn, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, exactly ten months to the day after Hemingway's death. "My name is Edsel Michael Hunter. Yes, my father, who worked in the automobile industry in Chicago at the time, named me after a failed automobile. I suppose I was doomed from the start, as the very word 'Edsel' became a popular symbol for failure in American society, and I was destined to be its poster child. "I have a confession to make. For better or worse, my name is Edsel Michael Hunter, and I am the reincarnation of the great twentieth century American writer, Ernest Hemingway. You may not believe it, but I know it's true. And, no, I am not insane""--

Merriam Press World War 2 History SeriesIt was the only barrage balloon training facility in the U.S. in World War II, so the soldiers who were there had an experience unlike any other soldiers anywhere. The Camp also became engrained in the lives of Henry Countians - most every home in Paris, Tennessee, had a soldier and his family living with them (including the author's) and the camp is credited with modernizing Paris and the county. Most importantly, however, Camp Tyson was the home of the all-black 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, which was the first battalion to rush onto the beaches on D-Day. They were trained for that battle at Camp Tyson and their accomplishments have been largely unheralded. Additionally, both Italian and German prisoners of war were held there during and after the war. The author was able to track down several of the black soldiers who were trained there and were at D-Day, and also has first-person accounts from white soldiers who were at the camp, as well as former soldiers who remember the German and Italian prisoners. Much of the book is first-person interviews, as well as documents from the Library of Congress and other government sources that have never been published before. The author, Shannon McFarlin, now lives in the family homeplace in Paris, Tennessee. She grew up listening to stories told about Camp Tyson from her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and was inspired to write about the Camp from an early age. She has worked as a news reporter for most of her working life, for newspapers in Ohio and Tennessee, and is currently the News Director for a large West Tennessee radio station, WENK/WTPR, and its website and writes for Paris! magazine. She has a master's degree in public history and a bachelor's degree in history from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, and also studied history at Bowling Green State University. She was awarded first place in Investigative Journalism in 1981 by the Ohio Associated Press and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize that same year. Contents Chapter 1: Eddie Finds A New Home Chapter 2: Motors Roared, Hammers Thudded And Saws Swished Chapter 3: They Just Came Out And Destroyed Our Farms, Our Barns, Our House" Chapter 4: "They Didn't Feel Like Strangers" Chapter 5: Flying Elephants In The Sky Chapter 6: "It Just Exploded" Chapter 7: Shot Down Over Lake Erie Chapter 8: Good Times For Entrepreneurs Chapter 9: "They Would Throw Hands of Candy And Gum At Us As They Marched By" Chapter 10: "We Reached Out To Those Boys As If They Were Ours" Chapter 11: "War Is Hell, But Pretty Entertaining, Too" Chapter 12: "The Day Jeanette MacDonald Came To Town" Chapter 13: Death In An Army Camp Chapter 14: "The Deuces" The African-American Experience Chapter 15: "We Were There. We Did Our Part" Chapter 16: Working There Was An Education In Itself Chapter 17: A Close Encounter Of A General Kind Chapter 18: "This Is Your Life, Pearl Routon" Chapter 19: 4,000 Hamburgers To Go Chapter 20: "Paris Has Nowhere To Go But Up, So I'm Staying Right Here" Chapter 21: Hospitality, Southern Style Chapter 22: Haul 'Er Down Chapter 23: From Surplus To POW Camp Chapter 24: Didn't You Hear? The War Is Over! Chapter 25: "It Was Considered Sinful" Chapter 26: "Don't Come Back From Washington Without A Signed Deed" Chapter 27: Soldiers Tell Their Stories Chapter 28: "Hi There, Soldier!" Chapter 29: Keepers Of The Flame 40 photos footnotes

Merriam Press World War II Memoir No. 2 First Edition, 2015 The autobiography of a young Italian woman as she experiences the hardship and horrors of war and the Nazi occupation of her country. Living with her family in Ardea, located near Anzio, she survives the Allied landings there and the battles that followed as the Allies finally pushed northward to Rome. Accounts by civilians of the war as it affected Italy and her people, are rare. Sonia eventually came to the U.S. after the war and has made a life for her and her family in her new country. Contents Cherchio, Abruzzo, Italy, 1899 Guagnano, Province of Lecce on the Adriatic Sea, 1894 Abruzzo, 1920 Cognac, France, 1931 Avezzano, Italy, 1939 Rome, 1944 Tre Cannelle, Italy Sezze Romano, 1948 America, 1955 Florida and Maryland, 2011 45 photos

Merriam Press Military History No. 2 First Edition, 2015 Citizens and veterans of South Dakota have served with distinction in the U.S. military since the early 1800s. There are many interesting South Dakota War Stories and 126 of them are in this volume. These stories provide a snapshot of South Dakotans and the role they played in settling the Great Plains, service in the U.S. Armed Forces, stories of the Native American tribes of South Dakota, and the service of South Dakotan men and women in the protection of the United States. Coverage includes the Indian Wars, Spanish American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, the war on terror, and much more, with every branch of the service as well as the South Dakota National Guard from its earliest days covered through the dozens of accounts by and of those who were there. The author, a resident of Rapid City, is a member of the South Dakota Veterans Writing Group.

Merriam Press Fiction No. 1 First Edition, 2015 In the second installment of the misadventures of Megan Docket, she learns of the investigation of meth dealing in the area. A gut feeling forces her to question the motives of a DEA agent residing in the area. As she snoops on the agent, she becomes protective of a young teen and a young autistic, who works at the local diner. The meth use in the community causes the deaths of two friends and ensnares the local residents in the drug trade. Meanwhile, discord with her husband Brian creates problems at home. When the DEA agent and the chief of police commit murder, Megan uncovers the truth. After she impulsively commits revenge against the men, it blackens her soul and plunges her into a personal hell. Burdened with grief over the community tragedies and her own guilt, she seeks peace and redemption. This is the author's second book in her Wind Series. The first book in the series is Voices in the Wind.

Merriam Press Historical Fiction (First Edition, 2015). An historical romance set against the backdrop of the war in Europe and how a couple's love conflicts with duty. Walter Steinberg is from Marietta, Ohio. He earned a degree in Industrial Engineering just before being drafted into the Army in June 1942. He becomes the commanding officer of Reconnaissance Patrol 763, consisting of three jeeps and an M8 armored car. He spends 18 months training and instructing recon groups at Fort Carson, Colorado, before being sent to England in May 1944. His group is sent to southeast England and becomes part of the decoy established to confuse the Germans as to the location of the Normandy Invasion. They become part of the St. Lo breakout on July 25, 1944. After a long patrol, they arrive in Domfront where they rest and visit a Red Cross Service Unit. Walt meets Ashley Miller, a nurse with the field hospital near the regimental headquarters. After the next patrol, he brings Ashley flowers, and they begin a love affair. During the third patrol, Walt is injured in a mortar attack and arrives at Ashley's hospital. He meets Henry Weidman, a Lutheran chaplain. After several weeks, Walt is transferred to a Paris hospital for recuperation. He and Ashley develop an intense love affair. To facilitate Walt's recovery, the couple spend a short leave in Senlis, an ancient royal town north of Paris. Walt leads his patrol on a guarded reconnaissance on the Moselle River on the Luxembourg/German border during the Battle of the Bulge. After a tedious eight week patrol, the men receive an extended leave in Paris. Ashley informs Walt that she is pregnant. Weidman, against Army rules, unofficially marries them. Ashley is sent back to the U.S. on a General Discharge due to trauma from overwork. She settles in Winerfield, Missouri, Pastor Weidman's home. She works for a local physician and gives birth to a son on September 1, 1945. Walt returns to his patrol and crosses the Moselle River into Germany. He is wounded a second time when the armored car is hit by an anti-tank shell in early April. He recovers and his patrol scouts Germany for black marketers after the war. Discharged in late 1945, Walt joins Ashley in Winfield and are officially married by Weidman.