To our grandparents, Ruth & Dewey Bond,
Don, Sr. and Beth Larkin,
L. A. (Pete) and Mildred (Mil) Peterson,
and Lawrence and Irene Thornton
We had a lot of help with this book. We would like to thank:
Chris Carlson, Don Hill, Jason Hunter, Ferdinand Irizarri, Lt. Col. Jerzy Janas, Polish Army, Don and Marilyn Larkin, Duncan and Chris Larkin, Erin Larkin-Foster, Marshall Lee, Gary C. “Mo” Morgan, John Moser, Bill Paley and Bridget Rivoli, Barbara Patrick, Tim Peckinpaugh and Pam McKinney-Peckinpaugh, Laurel Piippo, Steve St. Clair, Pat Slocomb, Thomas T. Thomas and Irene M. Moran, George Thompson and Dr. Tom Thompson (no relation), and Leonard Wong.
They all can take some of the credit, and none of the blame.