by Rita Boehm
“December 31, 1942 – Our first air raid. Our guns fired and we claimed one plane. This was one of the greatest thrills of my life.” From the journal of PFC Alton Haight.
Periods of heart-stopping intensity were followed by long periods of monotony, periods of relentless rain by bouts of intensive heat, and a war that a young soldier believed would be over within months would consume over 2 1/2 years of his life.
One Soldier’s War will take you on one soldier’s WWII journey from North Africa to Italy and then into France and Germany as Allied troops battled Hitler’s army in a bloody war to save the world from the reign of a madman.
PFC Haight’s journal entries are supported by pictures and historical background details to introduce the reader to the world as he saw it. His story is every WWII soldier’s story and one that deserves to be read.
About the Author
Rita Boehm’s childhood writing aspirations resurfaced when she considered retirement from a successful career in Contract Management. Career moves had taken her from New York to Colorado to suburban Maryland, near Washington D.C. — all great locations for storylines.
Rita has published five novels in the romantic suspense and mystery genres, and a children’s picture book “Bluebirds in the Garden which was awarded the title, Best Children’s Book, by the Florida Writers Association.
Now living in The Villages, Florida, when she’s not writing, Rita enjoys photography, gardening, and most especially, riding her dressage horse, Kosi.
Rita Boehm
