Ho! Ho! Weekend Warrior

About the Book

THIS IS A HISTORICAL NOVEL CONCERNING MILITARY RESERVE UNITS FORM POST WORLD WAR II DAYS TO THE PRESENT. CAREERS, ATTITUDES, ASSIGNMENTS AND PERSONAL LIFE ARE REPRESENTED. LIVES AND TIMES IN “THE RESERVES” ARE TRACED THROUGH THE KOREAN CONFLICT, THE BERLIN CRISIS, THE CUBAN FIASCO AND FINALLY VIET NAM. THE RESERVISTS, THE WEEKEND WARRIORS ARE SHOWN IN THEIR DUTIES, INTERESTS, THEIR WORK, THEIR LOVES, BOREDOM AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THE FUTURE. WEEKENDS AND WEEKDAYS SPENT AWAY FROM HOME LEAD TO JOYS AND FRUSTRATIONS, BECAUSE OF WORLD CONDITIONS. RESERVE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND NATIONAL GUARD, AS WELL AS REGULARS WHO EXPERIENCED THESE ACTIONS WILL SEE THEMSELVES IN THE VARIOUS ROLES DEPICTED IN THIS STORY.

About the Author

DR. PAUL M. BORICK RECEIVED A B.S. IN BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON. HE EARNED HIS M.S. IN BACTERIOLOGY AND PHD IN MICROBIOLOGY FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY. HE TAUGHT MICROBIOLOGY AT SYRACUSE, LE MOYNE COLLEGE AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HE SPENT 37 YEARS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL-SURGICAL INDUSTRIES WHERE HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE INTRODUCTION OF MANY NEW MEDICAL AND DRUG PRODUCTS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL COUNSELOR FOR THE NEW JERSEY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY. HE IS THE AUTHOR OR COAUTHOR OF OVER FORTY SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING A TEXT ON “CHEMICAL STERILIZATION.” HE SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE DURING WORLD WAR II AND RETIRED AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVE. HE HELD VARIOUS MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS DURING HIS CAREER AND WAS AWARDED NINE CAMPAIGN RIBBONS FROM THE U.S.A. AND PHILIPPINES. PAUL AND HIS WIFE JOAN HAVE SIX CHILDREN AND FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN.