Serving America
Serving America

Serving America


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This is the story of one family's legacy. A grandfather, son, and grandson all serving their country in times of war. Elmer Ullestad was a soldier in the First World War, his son Harold was a sailor in World War II, and his grandson, an Air Force pilot that spent 24 years flying for the U.S. Air Force. The accounts of all three combined into one story.

Elmer's firsthand accounts, written by a young man from Iowa, paint a vivid picture of what American soldiers experienced in the trenches and forests of France in 1918. He was part of the massive buildup of the American Army and its deployment overseas. He fought at Belleau Wood and the Argonne Forrest, surviving while others around him fell. He witnessed firsthand the horrors of war and somehow miraculously survived to tell his story.

His son Harold, my father, would also be called to serve his country just as he had. Now it was Harold's turn, and his service and sacrifice were required in the greatest war the world had ever experienced, The Second World War. Electing to serve in the Navy, Storekeeper Petty Officer Harold Ullestad writes of what it was like for a young man going off to war in 1942 after the tragedy of the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese in December 1941. He would serve America in the South Pacific on tropical islands and on-board naval ships. He represents a generation of Americans known as the "Greatest Generation."

My story is also one of service, continuing what my grandfather and father started, but mine was a different journey. I elected to serve; they served upon request because it was the right thing to do. My portion of this book is a memoir detailing 24 years of service from the anguish and exhilaration of USAF Pilot training, what it was like to squeeze a B-52 between two mountain peaks in the middle of the night, scrambling to an alert jet at the height of the Cold War, and a deployment to Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.

Our service is not unique, but our story is. Three generations of service, not just our own individual stories, but one that represents the service of an entire family. An American family that collectively fought in every American war of the 20th Century and beyond, from The First World War through Afghanistan. This is a story of service and sacrifice, not the "ultimate sacrifice" of fallen heroes, but that of the veteran that has given body, mind, and soul. My grandfather Elmer never spoke of the war upon his return. He returned to America only to live a lifetime of horrific memories as many soldiers do. My father was fortunate not to experience the horrors his father had, yet that does not detract from the sacrifices he made and the friends he lost. Whose sacrifice did not end with his time in the Navy. He would endure the anguish of watching all three of his sons go off to serve in American conflicts; a son James who fought in the jungles of Vietnam earning not one but two Bronze Stars for valor, and a son Gary, that patrolled the skies of Korea and Europe in his F-16, and that of my own service in Afghanistan. My father waited for his sons to return as his father had waited for his.

All three stories, my grandfather's "My Life as a Soldier", my father's "My Life as a Sailor," and my memoirs "The Life of a Pilot," rolled into one. This book is for my grandfather, my father, and my brothers, and a reminder to all that somethings are worth fighting for.

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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798890744364
  • Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Three Generations of Service
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8890744367
  • Publisher Date: 22 May 2023
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 258
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 435 gr


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