member books

For complete descriptions of these member books, visit www.moaa.org/memberbooks.

NONFICTION
Aboard the Farragut Class Destroyers in World War II: A History With First-Person Accounts of Enlisted Men. By Capt. Leo Block, USN (Ret), Life Member. McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-4222-5.

Acres Aweigh! A True Story of the History of Naval Station Mayport. By CWO2 Joe Abb Overby, USN (Ret). Global Authors Publishers. ISBN 978-0982122389.

Dartmouth Veterans: Vietnam Perspectives. Edited by Phillip C. Schaefer, with several essays by MOAA members. Dartmouth College Press. ISBN 978-1-61168-549-7.

For God and Country: Considering the Call to Military Chaplaincy. By Lt. Col. Brian L. Bohlman, ANG, Life Member. So Help Me God Project. ASIN B004P8JSWO.

Post 8195: Black Soldiers Tell Their Vietnam Stories. Edited by former Army Sgt. Bobby White, with a chapter by Maj. Charles James, USA (Ret). Beckham Publications Group. ISBN 978-0-9848243-5-9.

FICTION
Return to Harvest: A Novel of Hope About Recovering From PTSD. By Lt. Col. Banks Hudson, USAR (Ret), Life Member. ISBN 978-0-615-93249-1.

MEMOIR
An Aviator’s Journal. By Lt. Col. James D. Fox, USA (Ret). Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-4653-4499-1.

First in Vietnam: An Exercise in Excess of 30 Days. By Col. Emmett F. Knight, USA (Ret), Life Member. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4918-4505-9.

Flying in the Land of Sand and Sun: The Land of Mystery and Intrigue. By Lt. Col. James D. Fox, USA (Ret). Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-4797-8607-0.

Just a Dumb Kid From Nowhere. By CWO2 Joe Abb Overby, USN (Ret). iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-36802-6.

No Bell for Dak To. By Col. Michael P. Umhofer, USA. Luthers Publishing. ISBN 1-877633-49-6.

Turning Final: A Life Complete. By Lt. Col. Jim Reed, USAF (Ret), Life Member. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4269-6319-3.

For submission information, see page 6.

faces of moaa

Kudos

They come to MOAA with various interests and experiences, and together they make the association strong. Read on to learn more about your fellow MOAA members.

Cmdr. John J. Chernoski, USN (Ret), Life Member (joined 1996): After retiring from the Navy in 1996, Chernoski worked for the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Law. He retired in 2002 as a senior deputy attorney general. Chernoski is a past president of MOAA’s New Jersey Lakes and Pines and Green Valley (Ariz.) chapters. He serves on MOAA’s board of directors on its Member Services Committee. He also is active with the Arizona Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.

1st Lt. Dorothy Davis, USA (Ret) (joined 1993): Davis graduated from the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota and, in 1977, earned a degree in business management from the University of Maryland. She served from 1944 to 1946 in the Army Nurse Corps, 57th Field Hospital, providing support during the Central Europe Campaign, Battle of the Bulge, Colmar Pocket, and Rhineland Campaign. She served for 60 years as a volunteer nurse with the American Red Cross, which in 2001 established the Dorothy Davis Spirit of Nursing Award in her honor.

Col. Mary Mayer, USAF (Ret), Life Member (joined 1995): Mayer is president of MOAA’s Portland (Ore.) Chapter and produces the chapter’s newsletter, The Brass Bulletin. She also is council secretary/treasurer of MOAA’s Oregon State Council of Chapters. Mayer serves as chair of the Advisory Committee to the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs. She also is on the board of directors for the American Association of University Women of Oregon, the Oregon World War II Memorial Foundation, and the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra.

Col. Bob Moore, USA (Ret), and Vicki Moore (joined 1991): Bob and Vicki run their church’s Caring Ministries, a program that offers grief counseling, meals ministry, transportation ministry, hospital visits, and senior care visits to help members of their community. Bob and Vicki also are active in the HEROES Care program, through which they support local military families. In addition to volunteering, Bob and Vicki also run a bed-and-breakfast in Virginia.
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Do you know a MOAA member who is making an impact? To nominate a candidate for “Faces of MOAA,” see the MOAA Directory, page 6.