{"product_id":"my-memoirs-walter-r-jr-somerville-9781480873957","title":"My Memoirs: Edifying Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalter R. Somerville Jr. grew up in humble circumstances with dreams of becoming a professional baseball player.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut with a young daughter to take care of and bills to pay, he enlisted in the recently integrated Air Force in 1951-never knowing that he'd spend the next fifty-four years serving his country.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter serving a tour of duty in South Korea, he returned to the United States before being honorably discharged and then re-enlisting to work at the Air Force Reserve Center in Baltimore. Eventually, he became a civilian Air Force Reserve technician at Andrews Air Force Base before taking a job at the Federal Aviation Agency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe went on to work other jobs before becoming a chief with the Coast Guard's Civilian Equal Employment Opportunity Division, in 1970. Later, he was appointed to a Senior Executive Service position as chief of civil rights, the military equivalent of rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoin the author as he looks back at a lifetime of making a huge difference in the lives of ordinary people-especially women and minorities-and living an active life after retirement in these memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter R. Jr. Somerville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480873950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480873957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Walter R. Jr. Somerville","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474084577535,"sku":"9781480873957","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f72c77d-9396-4738-8efd-6b99a34093b9.jpg?v=1762314826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-memoirs-walter-r-jr-somerville-9781480873957","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}