Steve Repko was born in 1932 amid the Great Depression of that period and was raised buy Hungariant immigran parents t, John and Tressa. His faather was a ccoal miner who passed away suddenly 1n1935 durning a mining accident leaving a wife and nine chirdren to suffen in utter poverty for many years. Steve would eventually serve four years in the United States Air Force as a Control Tower Operaton in a bomber base that was active during the Koread War and upon his discharge from the air force, he spent 35 years as a civilian Enroute AirTraffic Controller for The FAA. He has written three novels refering to his rich memorie of his childhood days that he is proud of. His desire is to preserve those memories to the decendents of all people who lived during that period as part of the Great Generation. Steve is married to RoseMarie and has recently celebrated their 67 year together. They have four children, eleven grandchildren and twenve great grandchildren. He and RoseMary currently live in Wading River New Jerse,