THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES

About the Book

That’s The Way The Ball Bounces, is a memoir of a teenage soldier’s some what unusual service as a Military Policeman in the Army Air Force during WW II. After basic training in Miami Beach the MP Company was stationed for over two years at the head quarters of a Replacement Depot in the English Midlands. The company was billeted in a dormitory like barrack with two men per room. After the war what remained of the company spent two months in Germany. This is both a personal and a social history of the then Army life and Military Police duties.

About the Author

Milton Cook is a long time retired Mechanical Engineer who was employed in both the Aerospace and Commercial industries. In the first, he was involved in the design and testing of both commercial and military aircraft and the Apollo and Minuteman programs. Then as Chief Engineer of an Engineered Pump Company Unit he authored several ASME papers and other published reports. A double veteran he served first in the U.S. Army Air Force during WW II. Then later and up to and including the early part of the Korean War he was an Electronics Technical in the U.S. Navy.