#6 - Mary Lou Darst

For young Mary Lou, life was an adventure. Her father served in the military, and she traveled the world with him and her family. His assignments took them to Alaska, Virginia, Japan, Texas, and Germany, as part of the US Army's responsibilities in policing the world. This candid memoir recounts her family's life in new places and cultures following World War II.

What was it like to be a child living in Japan seven years after the war? What was it like to be a thirteen-year-old living in Germany twelve years after the war? What was it like to grow up moving between cultures?

This is the story of one family bound to service in the military when the world was being redefined. It was the adventure of a lifetime for a young girl as she learned the secrets of finding her way in that new world.

Mary Lou's book War Ready: In My Father’s Shadow is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/War-Ready-My-Fathers-Shadow-ebook/dp/B0097Z9DCK