Whistle Stop

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Suddenly a bomb exploded near the barracks. The wall shook and bomb fragments hit the exterior of the building. Then another sailor yelled, It’s a Jap bombing raid! I started to get some clothes on, gathered up my guns and headed for the exit. On the way out, I looked through the window and watched as another bomb exploded, and my buddy, who was running to get his anti-aircraft gun, was blown to bits…

Emil Lesko, a World War II veteran, takes the reader back to the war days as he narrates his life story. Tracing his childhood, when he lived in a railroad shanty near a whistle stop, the author reminisces about his school and college days, and remembers his mother, who died at a young age.

A simple story of a young sailor, who had been brought up on three basic princuples - Love of God, Love of Country and Love of Fellow Man.