Merriam Press Military Monograph 135. Second Edition (February 2012). The author joined the United States Marine Corps at the young age of eighteen. His destiny was to serve his country as a Marine and make the Marine Corps his career. Thirty years later he retired at the highest enlisted rank of Sergeant Major. He reported to Parris Island, South Carolina in 1969 for recruit training and retired in 1999. During his initial first three year enlistment he would serve in Vietnam and Okinawa. In August 2010 he published his first non-fiction book titled Lasting Visions: With the 7th Marines in...

Merriam Press Personal Chronicle 5. First Edition (2013).

This is a true story of a woman who made a difference here on earth. She touched the lives of many people during her 90 years of significant and memorable events. Growing up in the heartland of Kentucky, she married a farmer and lived her entire life working and providing for her family of nine. She did not receive financial compensation for all her hard work, but for her, doing good deeds for others was of prime importance to her happiness and personal gratification.

This woman was the most wonderful, kind, inspirational and...