Publisher's Synopsis
Virginia Brackett seeks the truth about patriotism and loss as embodied by her father, WWII and Korean Conflict veteran Captain Edmund C. Roberts, from many historic sources - journalism, history texts, and military communique, as well as personal documents. Her memoir details her journey to come to know a father lost to an ideal of service. Over ten years of research, she learns about her family's slave-owning history and attempts to escape personal tragedy by moving from Kentucky to Missouri and into Illinois, of her parents' romance through aging scrapbooks, discovers a letter written by her father among a rare documents collection, and hears her mother's words read on a national broadcast. However, she discovers the real truth exists in the personal stories of those on the front, including her father, their lives permanently changed through service. Their voices educate her about Captain Roberts, an inspiration to troops, a war pris
