Milt takes his readers on a WWII PT Boat 81 Patrol by describing one of his PTSD Nightmares...including waking to find himself sitting up in bed...
"Suddenly it's quiet. The planes are gone... we are alone! No.... it's more than that... the South Pacific scene is fading. It's ME that's alone. I'm sitting upright in my bed. My body is tense... my arms are rigid... with my fists held in front of me. My tightly clinched fists grip an imaginary 50 mm machine gun. I see something!! I lock on to an incoming plane.. and my entire body vibrates in time with the chatter of the bullets.
Suddenly I notice there are lights. This time I realize I am sitting in bed. I turn to get out of bed... and find my wife, Carol, beside me... stepping forward now that I have stopped thrashing. She reaches out to me as she has done so many times before. I have lost track of the number of times I have relived these nightmares... I warned her about me before our wedding 61 years ago, but she told me she could handle it... and she surely has."
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Eighty eight year old veteran, Milt Rackham, tells his World War II story in a book that includes descriptions of the PTSD nightmares that still "haunt him in the night". Milt rises above the pain of telling his story in an effort to reach out to others who may be harboring painful unspoken war memories... and to create public awareness of the sacrifice provided by so many to protect America and its values and principles. 172 pages. Price includes shipping and handling.