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[from the rear cover}
"In each of us there is a dark side that we are unaware of. It lies
deep within the psyche. This is the story of Eugene Stone, a
17-year-old kid from New York who unknowingly awakens a force from
within that he calls upon and assumes is God. Eugene starts as
young, innocent boy headed to an environment that will change him
forever: World War II.
As a young paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, Eugene
repeatedly makes a bargain with the force he calls "God, "promising,
"Let me live, and I will fight all of your wars until I am no longer
physically capable." As each conflict passes, this once-handsome
young boy hardens in heart and soul, visible in his face and the
stare in his eyes. His anger and joy are almost one and the same.
With whom did he really make his bargain? God or the Devil?
Allan Stein was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924. At the age of
17, he joined the military serving in the Navy and then the Army as
a paratrooper with the 1/508* Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division. As a young Jewish soldier during WWII, he helped
defend the famous Nijmegen Bridge, in Holland, often remembered in
the movie, "The Bridge Too Par". His valiant war efforts rewarded
him a Bronze Star and two Purple Heart medals, one of which was the
result of an explosion leaving him permanently disabled. After WWII,
he worked for The Bureau of Indian Affairs teaching art and later
returning to Europe with The Department of the Defense as an
Education Services Officer. He retired from government service in
1988 at Fort Eustis Virginia. He currently resides in Virginia with
his wife Phyllis. They have three children, Robert, Cynthia and
Susan. He is a member of the Jewish War Veterans, Disabled American
Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, American Legion and
National Museum of American Jewish Military History. at
Cynthia Stein, co-author, and daughter, was bom in Riverside,
California in 1964. She entered the United States Army in 1989 and
is a veteran of Desert Storm. She is a member of the Jewish War
Veterans, American Legion, National Museum of American Jewish
Military History (NMAJMH), and the Women's Memorial in Washington,
DC. She is married to MAJ Troy Rader, a veteran of Operation Iraqi
Freedom."
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