In memory of my father-in-law, Charles A. Williams (1925-2008).

Lovingly dedicated to my own father, Simon A. Salter (1920-2003). Also typical of the Greatest Generation, he served during WW2 in the European Theater. I have loaned portions of Lieutenant Salter’s military record to one of the characters in this novel, though the fictional Norman bears no other resemblance to my father.