This is fred's fi rst venture into writing and his very fi rst novel. He is
not your typical young, aspiring writer, but is in fact a grandfather and
great grandfather doing what many people may ha...view moreThis is fred's fi rst venture into writing and his very fi rst novel. He is
not your typical young, aspiring writer, but is in fact a grandfather and
great grandfather doing what many people may have felt inspired to do
but never took the fi rst step. Fred is an avid reader of non-fi ction war
stories and is a us army veteran whose duties included serving 16 months
in korea after hostilities had ceased. Having never attended college,
after his service in the army was completed he attended rankin trade
school in st. Louis, missouri.(Now rankin college) he served 4 years as
a journeyman machinist apprentice at mcdonnell douglas aircraft (now
boeing, st. Louis) after 40 years as a journeyman machinist, fred retired
and started a successful tax preparation business. Spending so much time
at a desk in front of a computer, he began putting his spare time to use
writing a war romance novel, incorporating into his characters his faith
in god and christian experienceview less