Dear Folks

<p>Before computers and the internet letter writing was a labor of love. They could make you laugh or cry holding untold mysteries within a quaint many-times-over postmarked envelope.</p><p>When the letter writer is a strapping lad of twenty-four who is blind in one eye and gets into the Army by faking the eye test his letters home span the hysterically funny to the downright absurd.</p><p>Meet Hal Harold W. Yorke Jr. a tall young man with coal black hair a strikingly pale moustache tanned complexion and intelligent blue eyes that speak volumes.</p><p>What started as a lark turns into an interesting career in the Army spanning twenty years. The military took him all over the United States and to exotic locales like Korea and Puerto Rico.</p><p>Hal’s journey of sepia-tinted World War II memories relates how he makes do with a not-so-handsome salary yet his sharp mind and will to succeed has him fixing cars and planes as well as just about anything broken that needs repairs during wartime.</p><p>His letter home on how to score a cake from the base kitchen without getting caught is hilarious while his letter about a terrifying fire will chill hearts.</p><p>Presented by his daughter in this nostalgic compilation each day in the military produced something new for Hal and all those outpourings are captured as if on cellulose.</p><p><strong>About the Author: </strong>Carol E. Yorke lived the nomadic life of an Army brat throughout the United States and overseas during her childhood ultimately landing in Southern California. She spent 25 years as a CPA and was married three times. After suffering a debilitating stroke in 2009 she wrote her first book <em>Brain Attack: Surviving a Stroke </em>in 2015.</p>