<meta content="urn:uuid:03f7bf66-3270-47b3-acbb-6c69d11abd8a" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="p2"><span class="t15">Dedication</span></p> <p class="p10">I would like to dedicate this novel to my father who served this nation for 20 years in the United States Air Force and to my mother who supported him during his journey but also raised 3 young men who became functional contributors to society. I love you Mom and Dad and every day I strive to make you proud.</p> <p class="p10">I would also like to dedicate this novel to the lives of Robert Smalls, Medgar Evers, and the men of the 3<span class="t16">rd</span> Battalion, 24<span class="t16">th</span> Infantry who served during the 1917 Camp Logan riots and “those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world.”</p> <p class="p10">Yet denied those freedoms at home.</p> <p class="p10">Peace to your memories.</p> </body> </html>