Public Information nd Edition Freshly minted infantryman twenty year old Wylie Cypher arrives in war torn Korea in Every indication is that he has limited chances for survival As an enemy bomber looms overhead he prays tha
Freshly minted infantryman, twenty year old Wylie Cypher, arrives in war torn Korea in 1952 Every indication is that he has limited chances for survival As an enemy bomber looms overhead, he prays that he can survive a sixteen month tour of duty without, as his sergeant says, getting his ass shot off.Wylie is recruited to join the staff of a Division Public Information OFreshly minted infantryman, twenty year old Wylie Cypher, arrives in war torn Korea in 1952 Every indication is that he has limited chances for survival As an enemy bomber looms overhead, he prays that he can survive a sixteen month tour of duty without, as his sergeant says, getting his ass shot off.Wylie is recruited to join the staff of a Division Public Information Office PIO where he reports on many aspects of the conflict He uses his infantry training in bloody combat, makes many colorful new friends, learns how to maneuver through the military system, finds love and loss, and grows up in the turmoil of combat and the war s aftermath.Veterans have hailed the story as accurate, believable, touching, funny, and the way it really was The story is based on the author s experiences, careful historical research, and the 300 letters he sent his future wife from Korea He touches on prisoner of war experiences on both sides of the DMZ, the armistice, realistic scenes of combat, the many United Nations forces engaged in the war, and poignant and funny aspects of military service The second edition of the book includes recently disclosed information, and scenes and observations drawn from the comments of many veteran readers The book is dedicated to the dwindling number of men and women who risked their lives to preserve democracy in South Korea.
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Public Information 2nd Edition Best Read || [Rolf Margenau]
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Rolf Margenau
Bestselling author Rolf Margenau has written four novels and published two photography books The novels feature a main character named Wylie Cypher, first seen as a twenty year old college dropout who comes of age during the Korean War At forty, Wylie is a successful but burned out lawyer with a failing marriage He tries to find lost youth on a trek with his daughter through the high Andes Instead, he finds mayhem, murder, a devastating civil war in Peru, and loses a toe.Retired, in his mid sixties, Wylie does battle with BIG AG as a Master Gardener He befriends a group of eco terrorists who help save the Monarch butterfly Then in a novel called National Parks, an aged Wylie lives in a dystopian future where Congress attempts to sell off our national parks to bail out a bankrupt country.The novels featuring a younger Wylie are realistic with a dose of humor The books about older Wylie are solidly satirical Critics find them very funny, but meaningful and thought provoking.Rolf Margenau lives amid farmland in northern New Jersey with his first wife of over sixty years.