Your Lovin' Private, Sterl

About the Book

Your Lovin' Private, Sterl is the story of a young man from Delaware who enlisted in the U.S. Marines during the worst of World War II. Illustrated with some of his love letters to Betty, find out about the greater war and Sterling's place in it. Why did he enlist, what did he eat, and what was his ordinary day like? While Sterling was in the Pacific, he also had friends dying in Europe. Follow Sterling from Boot Camp, to war, and back again as the Cold War took shape and the Allies divided

About the Author

Dale Conover Semak is the daughter of Sterling and Betty. A middle and high school English and History teacher, she has taught in schools in the United States, Germany, and Bahrain. Married for thirty-three years, she is the mother of two children who are now grown and married themselves. Dale noticed that students were running short on time in the school year before the study of World War II commenced, and found other teachers asking their students to interview WWII veterans about their experiences. Using her father’s letters, Dale has written in her father’s voice from those days.