A Sergeant for all Seasons: The Adventures of Milton W. Johnson During World War Two

By: Robert J Eells

Milton W. Johnson joined the Army one month after Pearl Harbor. After basic training, he became a drill instructor because he knew weapons. An Army officer realized he had potential as a leader of troops in the field, and he was selected to join the first Allied forces to land at Casablanca in late 1942. Soon promoted to sergeant, he spent the next two years and eight months fighting across the Sahara Desert, invading Mediterranean islands and finally landing in Italy. Tired of the infantry, he persuaded Army officials to transfer him to the Army Air Corps, where he spent the last several months as a gunner in the fast attack bomber, the A-26. Along the way, he was injured twice, and had some amazing adventures in combat and during his various "downtimes." Though weary of fighting, he volunteered to join the Allied forces preparing to invade Japan. Thankfully, the war in the Pacific ended as he spotted the Panama Canal ahead onboard a ship in August 1945. His Army service is surely among the longest of any man during the Second World War. This book is a tribute to my father-in-law, Sergeant Milton Johnson.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BYGT7K3P
• ISBN13: 9798385958412
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.0"