The Saga of Chief Barking Loincloth

It was 1945. The end of WW II brought renewed hope for America and the world inspiring rejuvenated national pride along with enthusiasm for motherhood and apple pie family God conformity virginity and idealism! While experiencing post-war euphoria Alan Bentley dreamed of becoming a hero. Though only a short-pants-wearing skinny kid he felt a calling to become legendary universally admired for his character grit perseverance wisdom courage and unshakable regard for truth fair play and humility. He hoped someday to join Borglum's famous memorialized quartet in South Dakota. After all this was America! Realizing that the predominant opportunities for heroism were offered by war he enlisted in the army upon graduating from high school two weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday. He would prepare for the inevitable next conflict. In The Saga of Chief Barking Loincloth Alan unabashedly recounts his adventures and misadventures revealing humor and pathos in elusive successes and humiliating miss-steps as he encounters social contradiction and hypocrisy unanticipated pitfalls and ill-advised detours. Whether committing a major faux pas in an elementary spelling bee inflicting injury on a class-mate facing the wrath of a humorless army criminal Investigation or warding off sexual assault by Travis a horny spider monkey he strives to define and become a hero!