Raven's Flight to Freedom: Odyssey from Wartime Lithuania to Land's End America: A story of Survival Dedicated to Those Who Retained their Humanity ... Prevails Over Despotic Forces but Slowly

This is the story of my survival adventures experiences and insights about geopolitics and changing worldviews from before World War II Lithuania to Soviet occupation and my escape and evasion through wartime in Displaced- Persons Camp in Kempten Germany for four years and my immigration to the United States of America in 1949. Five years later having graduated from the Citadel Military College I was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and a BS Degree. (later acquired MS from U. of Dayton and Dr. from U. of Southern California) in the US Air Force and participated in the Cold War as combat crew member of Strategic Air Commands Bombers B-52 and B-58.Then I had a stint with research and development of F-111 weapons systems at Wright Air Development Center and about a year in Southeast Asian war (Vietnam) with an F-111 fighter-bomber detachment. Then I went back to Europe on an US AF project. Finally after twenty-two years I retired from the Air Force to Southern California and worked in the aerospace industry and had new experiences and insights about mens venture into the cosmos.However after the dissolution of Soviet Union the old country of Lithuania became free and I went there to help rebuild the country and pay my debt to it by consulting the General Staff and teaching at the Military Academy there. There are more insights and adventures. Finally I retire to cool my heels in the warm waters of the Pacific Rim in Southern Californias Rancho Palos Verdes as a freelance writer.