Type Cast
Heroes appear in all manifestations; sometimes, all it takes to find them is hitting the right key
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Type Cast
He hadn’t planned on becoming a hero, but fate had other ideas. He had planned on a long, quiet and productive life, but a simple slip of paper detoured him from a serene, sun-facing window and a good wooden desk to a slow ship across rolling seas and into chaos.
He never imagined he would make such a difference.
It began on June 6, 1944. How he made it onto Omaha Beach or why he ended up atop the hill instead of lying at the bottom of the Channel in the watery graveyard of men and metal was one of life’s crazy mysteries. One day, you’re dreaming of writing the next great…