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Growing up during the Great Depression and coping with a father deserting the family is what Gerry faced at the age of seven. His childhood experiences and good luck helped him survive WWII. After a number of humiliations by a neighborhood bully who was much bigger than he, Gerry managed to beat him badly. The reputation seven-year-old Gerry got from that fight meant that he never had another fight the entire several years he lived in that neighborhood. He applied that lesson in the infantry during the war.

Josh, an observant Jew, and Gerald became close friends. They discussed...

Transition from Soldier to Aerospace Engineer 1946 to 1954 is Author Gerald Factor's third memoir in his series of four that charts his life trajectory from a Great Depression childhood to a successful engineering manager. Candid and compelling, this evocative collection recalls a time in the country when many individuals were charged with rising above the adversity of WWII and the Korean War as well as considerable economic challenges, in order to ultimately forge meaningful professional and family lives. In Transition Factor serves up his unvarnished take on former days, offering narration...