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Biography of AuthorThe author, L.E. Starks and Frances M. Wissner, f/k/a Corporal Frances M. Bushey, have known each other since 1990 when the author started dating and eventually married her son, David Starks.In 2009, Mrs. Wissner showed the author letters that she had written to her mother while she was in the Army. Amazingly, her mother had saved all of those letters and when Mrs. Wissner suggested that a book could be written based on them, the author's first book "Write Soon. Love, Fran" was born! |
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Synopsis of BookThe Army career of Corporal Frances M. Bushey, now retired, began on April 28, 1949 and lasted until she was honorably discharged on September 7, 1951. This book is based on the letters written by Corporal Bushey, now known as Mrs. Frances M. Wissner, to her mother throughout her military career as well as her personal remembrances of the events. Mrs. Wissner is the mother-in-law of L.E. Starks and is the actual writer of these letters, which have been edited for clarity and brevity. The personal experiences of this Korean War WAC are shared with the reader and include her opinions and thoughts on her relationships, friendships and her work as a cook in the Army. The reader is privy to all the intimate details of daily life as recounted by a woman in the Women’s Army Corps who started her army career as a Private and ended it as a Corporal. |
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