I’ve started working on the second Charlie book in the trilogy about his experiences in the Pacific in World War ll. The first was Bougainville, this second is Guam, and the third will be Iwo Jima. I am grateful beyond measure to his brother and sister Marines of the Third Marine Division group I belong to, who set this dumb civilian straight about so many things I was unsure of. I’ll soon be badgering and begging them for info and insight as I dive into the abject horror of Guam as my beloved stepdad Charlie remembered it. Over a decade of interviewing him (I only saw him once a year each summer), endless research and the gracious courage of this great man in trusting me enough to share his story, has led to the creation of these books.