"War is Personal relates Roy Wilkes' Okinawa experience in his own words, compiled by his daughter, Elaine Wilkes, and illustrated with family and archival photographs. Alternately poetic, unflinchingly harsh, and dryly funny, Roy's account captures not just the personal cost of war, but expresses the ways in which Roy wrestled with his wartime memories to forge a meaningful and unusually productive life. Reading War is Personal, I felt informed, moved and, ultimately, encouraged."
--David J. Hogan, editor-in-chief and contributing writer, World War II Chronicle and The Holocaust Chronicle
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"With chilling interviews and pictures, Elaine Wilkes takes us back to WWII in Okinawa, the pain, the death, and that thousand-yard stare. This is a must-read book for any of us with loved ones or friends who fought and served -- for we cannot possibly comprehend the battlefield terror that changed their inner being forever. 'War is Personal' helps us to better understand the things that they are unable to share with us."
--Lt. Col. Jaime Parent, USAF, author of Moving Past PTSD
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"One Marine's deeply personal account of the cold realities of combat."
--John H. Briggs, Major, United States Army, Retired
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"I found it to be a short read but deep! The reflections and interviews of Roy Wilkes time overseas in the USMC are concise . . . full of reflection and sorrow . . . moments of joy and the determination to survive . . . It's a labor of love and honor, a tribute by a loving daughter wishing to spread the word of her father's experiences . . . refreshing in this concept of a daughter honoring her father's memory.."
--Justin Reed of WWII Facebook Group
--David J. Hogan, editor-in-chief and contributing writer, World War II Chronicle and The Holocaust Chronicle
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"With chilling interviews and pictures, Elaine Wilkes takes us back to WWII in Okinawa, the pain, the death, and that thousand-yard stare. This is a must-read book for any of us with loved ones or friends who fought and served -- for we cannot possibly comprehend the battlefield terror that changed their inner being forever. 'War is Personal' helps us to better understand the things that they are unable to share with us."
--Lt. Col. Jaime Parent, USAF, author of Moving Past PTSD
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"One Marine's deeply personal account of the cold realities of combat."
--John H. Briggs, Major, United States Army, Retired
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"I found it to be a short read but deep! The reflections and interviews of Roy Wilkes time overseas in the USMC are concise . . . full of reflection and sorrow . . . moments of joy and the determination to survive . . . It's a labor of love and honor, a tribute by a loving daughter wishing to spread the word of her father's experiences . . . refreshing in this concept of a daughter honoring her father's memory.."
--Justin Reed of WWII Facebook Group
