Pin A Medal On Me
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0964142341 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 191 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Air Force sergeant stationed there. Only a few years after the end of World War II, Geil Evans Butler and her young daughter, Bonnie, traveled to Japan to join Butlers husband, who was a U.S. Apprehensive and homesick at first, Geil Butler describes her life in a new and different culture, as well as the journey of personal growth she experiences with a range of emotions.
I Was There Geil Evans Butler has captured the chaos and joy that comes from moving around the world and building a life in a different country. But what is special here is the country, Japan -- less than 10 years after WWII -- Geil, her daughter Bonnie and husband Bill, move to Tokyo and begin daunting task of having a life.Butler is candid about her fears, her homesickness, and the plain brutal truth that she
When her family returned to the Central Illinois area from Japan, she later worked as a legal secretary for 19 years and owned an arts and crafts shop in Rantoul called Rainbow's End before retiring in March 1989. Geil Evans Butler was born in 1920 and raised on a farm near Rantoul, Illinois. As a wife, mother, grandmother, widow and great-grandmother, she has
In 1999 Butler was an Illinois recipient of the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award for her role in helping to preserve the history of Rantoul, increasing public awareness through her newspaper columns and working with the Rantoul Historical Society. . Her work has been published in craft and miniature magazines and area seniors publications. As a wife, mother, grandmother, widow and great-grandmother, she has enjoyed many activities, including sewing, sketching, costume design, dancing, painting, genealogy, creating scaled miniatures and, of course, writing. About the Author Geil Evans Butler was born in 1920 and raised on a farm near Rantoul, Illinois. When her family returned to the Central Illinois area from Japan, she later worked as a legal secretary for 19 years and owned an arts and crafts shop in Rantoul called Rainbow's