Missing The Boat: War Stories of Thomas Alan Dirkin

2 Dedication For my father, my mother and grandfathers who served their country to protect their families, their life, their freedom, and the freedom of future generations. To their generation, who came together, fought and returned home. To those who died and their families and friends who were left with only memories. Above all this book is dedicated to the preservation of how these ordinary people accomplished the extraordinary. They should not be forgotten. Ernest A. R. Dirkin WW I Beatrice Littley-Dirkin WW II Thomas Alan Dirkin WW II Ernest Littley WW I