Linda Warner and Bill Centro's New Book "World War II- One Little Boat" is a Stirring Memoir of Service on a Navy Pt Boat in the Pacific Theater During World War II
Recent release "World War II- One Little Boat" from Page Publishing authors Linda Warner and Bill Centro is a deeply personal account, not of the historical aspects of World War II, but of the effects of combat as recalled by one man- a man profoundly changed by two interminable years in his youth. Seven decades of repressed memories, nightmares, and the lingering effects of what we now understand as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are shared in this memoir in the hopes that others might be encouraged or inspired to seek catharsis through understanding.
LAKE WORTH, Fla., May 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Linda Warner, a married mother of two grown sons and retired educator who was the recipient of both the Coca Cola Teacher of the Year and the Joseph B. Whitehead Educator of Distinction Award in 2002, and Bill Centro, Linda's brother and a World War II veteran who was haunted for decades by his memories of war, have completed their book "World War II- One Little Boat": a compelling account of Bill's wartime experience in the South Pacific.
Linda writes, "Alone, among other men who are also alone. Sleep a little on deck as others keep watch. Wake up. Shake off the groggies. Clean the guns. Reflect. Check the torpedoes. Weary. Wander the deck. No talk of family. Our futures—too tenuous. Survive in the moment. Time floating by in seconds and minutes. Too cold at night. Too hot in the day. Wet. Sunburned. Debilitating hunger. Tokyo Rose lurking in the mangroves. All of this punctuated by intense moments of what happens in war.
"Historians describe big battles, relate statistics, and overview events that changed the world. But it's also compelling to visualize how real men experienced real life day by day.
"It was 1944, and Bill was eighteen. He thought life had prepared him for twenty months in the Pacific on PT Boat 244, but had it? This book records his war memoirs, always inquiring, was there a ghostly presence that beckoned him, brutalized him, haunted him? He probes the questions many veterans ponder:
"Why did I enlist? The beckoning.
"Who were the people that most affected me? What did I experience? The brutalizing.
"What were the lingering consequences? The haunting.
"When bombs fell upon Japanese cities, the war ended, but not for Bill. For him, it continued for decades of being haunted by night sweats, horrific dreams, confusion. How, after seven decades, he found relief from PTSD is a message that he urgently shares."
Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Linda Warner and Bill Centro's book is a powerful account of the harsh realities of war and its lasting effects on the men and women who experience it.
Readers who wish to experience this poignant and evocative work can purchase "World War II- One Little Boat" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.
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