Follow Your Dreams Never Give Up |
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| Author:
| Buzan, Wadim |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9858-1891-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2018 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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My life's odyssey started with the gathering storm clouds of World War II and covered most of the 20th and part of the 21st Century. From a peaceful early childhood, I was suddenly thrust into the midst of some of the fiercest fighting of World War II in Kharkiv, Ukraine, my home city.To escape such madness, my family was forced to become refugees fleeing to safety. But there was no escape as we were soon captured by the Germans, loaded in cattle cars and sent to a slave labor camp....
More DescriptionMy life's odyssey started with the gathering storm clouds of World War II and covered most of the 20th and part of the 21st Century. From a peaceful early childhood, I was suddenly thrust into the midst of some of the fiercest fighting of World War II in Kharkiv, Ukraine, my home city.To escape such madness, my family was forced to become refugees fleeing to safety. But there was no escape as we were soon captured by the Germans, loaded in cattle cars and sent to a slave labor camp. Behind barbed wire and guards, my professional parents worked as hard labor suffering the indignities of being slaves until the end of the war. After the war, we miraculously escaped repatriation back to the Soviet Union and finally tasted freedom in the Displaced Person Camp. From there we were accepted for settlement in the United States, a land of freedom and opportunity. After initial adjustment in my new country, I enlisted in the Army and returned to Germany, this time as a member of the victorious US Military, no longer a slave. Upon returning to the States, I completed college and heeding President Kennedy's, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," I selected public service and spent the next 42 years of distinguished and rewarding career in the Federal government. Next came marriage, a house, children and the fulfillment of the American dream. Then the dream was shattered, sending me on a new journey to find true love, peace and happiness. Such a quest at times seemed like an impossible dream but in time, I found what I was looking for. I found my true love and with that lasting peace and happiness.