Luckier Than Most

This is the story of a boy named Harry who, like so many of his generation, spent his childhood struggling and sacrificing but never seeing himself as a victim. Instead, he always knew he was a survivor and that he was actually luckier than most. Raised during the Great Depression, Harry and his family struggled to find a better life, traveling back and forth across the country, desperately in search of the American Dream and a place to call home. Uprooted 19 times by the age of 16,...
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This is the story of a boy named Harry who, like so many of his generation, spent his childhood struggling and sacrificing but never seeing himself as a victim. Instead, he always knew he was a survivor and that he was actually luckier than most. Raised during the Great Depression, Harry and his family struggled to find a better life, traveling back and forth across the country, desperately in search of the American Dream and a place to call home. Uprooted 19 times by the age of 16, Harry learned early how to cope with the harsh realities of a chaotic life. His childhood was spent on freight trains and hitchhiking around the country almost too many times to imagine, being sent out to beg for food to feed his family, working the fields of California and living out in the open under an old oak tree. His determination to distance himself from an unhappy childhood led him to a life in the Army and into two war zones (World War II and the Korean Conflict). His decades-long career in bomb disposal and the U.S. Army Infantry exposed Harry to more danger than one can imagine. But when it mattered most, good training, luck and God always seemed to be on his side. Harry survived an unimaginable childhood, two wars and a dangerous career by holding on to his steadfast belief that life is what you make it. Through it all, he was determined to find happiness and by golly, he did! Reading Harry's story - which in many ways is his generation's story - you'll realize why Tom Brokaw called this "The Greatest Generation."