{"product_id":"my-memoirs-edifying-times-9781480873957","title":"My Memoirs: Edifying Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jr. Somerville Walter R.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46458100613271,"sku":"9781480873957","price":3608.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781480873957.webp?v=1769184171","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/my-memoirs-edifying-times-9781480873957","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}