One More Sunrise
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Jack picked up his briefcase and followed the officer into the Quonset hut. Other staff members began gathering around the coffee pot and Jack was introduced. The skipper and X.O. weren't in yet. He met the Supply Officer and was told that a travelling medical officer came up from Saigon about twice a month. The maintenance officer was a crusty mustang lieutenant who considered it below his dignity to report to the coffee pot area. He had spent nearly twenty years as an enlisted man before most of these young officers were out of high school. He watched them come and go with the timeless destain of the old veteran. If this new guy wanted to meet him, he could walk over to his desk. Jack made a point of breaking away from the gathering around him and strode over to Brick Schwartz' desk with a big smile and his hand outstretched. It worked. The maintenance officer even managed to stand up to shake hands. They both felt that protocol had been observed.
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Lieutenant Jack Walker and marine Jeff Dunlay never met on American soil, even though they were both young military men in 1967. Instead, they met in Viet Nam. They didn’t have much in common; military service was their strongest link. Even so, through time spent as prisoners of war, the two men became less separate, more whole.
Friendships blossom under strange conditions. For Jack’s wife, Sally, and Jeff’s sister, Susie, the most important men in their lives left them to fight a battle on the other side of the world. In their distress, the two women also formed a bond. When each missed her loved one, they comforted each other. They had little in common beyond the fear of loss, but it didn’t matter.
One More Sunrise is a story of war, but it is also a story of friendships built through unlikely situations—friendships with the power to last a lifetime. Surrounded by the violence of Viet Nam, it would be easy to lose hope, but hope was all they had. Sally and Susie must await the return of their brave men; Jack and Jeff must pray for One More Sunrise.
About the Author
D. J. McPherson is a retired career naval officer living on Whidbey Island, Washington. In 1966, he volunteered for duty in Viet Nam and was assigned as Officer in Charge Inshore Undersea Warfare Group One, Unit One, in Vung Tau, where he served for a year. He departed Viet Nam on the day of the Tet Offensive in 1968.