Come Share My Foxhole

By Richard D Floyd

"If I'm not able to write, remember I am always thinking of you. I carry your and Larry's picture in my pocket over my heart. Whenever I'm in a pup tent, I put it so I can see it all the time." Come Share My Foxhole is a moving historical memoir during World War Two. If you like slice-of-life stories, American endurance during times of strife, and young couples fighting for their future, you will adore Richard Floyd's hope-filled account of his parents' perilous journey. When the war required Karl to leave his rural Indiana home, Evie was left to care for their infant son by herself. Barely 19 years old, she was overwhelmed with loneliness, and their son wasn't developing like normal babies. Karl's transformation from civilian to a battle ready soldier took Karl to stops in Wyoming, California, Ohio, and Virginia before he was shipped to England for his ordnance company's nine month long D-Day preparations. After D-Day, he spent fifteen months on continental Europe as the Allies pummeled Nazi Germany to unconditional surrender. His war experiences changed Karl from a confident, but inexperienced, young man into a hardened battle weary veteran. Karl wrote letters to Evie detailing his exciting and mind numbing journey as if she were hunkered down next to him in a muddy foxhole with buzz bombs flying overhead. Lonely and afraid, Evie wrote letters to Karl of hope, worry, and anxiety. Knowing that he was braving the frontlines of battle, she didn't dare divulge the heartbreaking news about their handicapped infant son. Ultimately, their two and a half year separation strained their marriage to the brink of disaster. Karl and Evie's true love story is brought to life by their second son, Richard Floyd. Relying on his parents' deeply personal letters and newspaper articles before, during, and after the war, Ric's novel, Come Share My Foxhole , takes the reader through the trials and tribulations that were endured by millions of young American men and women during World War Two, a nightmare that few participants of the war cared to talk about. "Yes, Honey, its over but I wonder if the peace is worth the price in blood. Us boys that have seen it can't even imagine how brutal it was. Thousands on top of thousands will never see home again, yet we have to face another enemy in the Pacific." Engulf yourself in this true adventure of life during a war that consumed the entire planet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1796924601
• ISBN13: 9781796924602
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 6.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"