Mornin' Bill

About the Book

Mornin’ Bill: About the Book

An average guy with an extraordinary past has been working for several years for an organization the media has romanticized and chastised at the same time since its inception. Legendary in the world, and yet a complete mystery to most, he works for the CIA. He keeps the books for the CIA, not the entire CIA, of course, just one small part of the operation. His life has been mostly uneventful since his time spent in the Vietnam War, a place and deeds he has put far in the back of his mind. One day, however, that all changes, and it changes because “The Company” wants it to change. He has no idea that their needs will bring him into a completely new life as well as provide him the opportunity to relive his past. If all goes well, he decides to “go for it,” and he is up for the task, his new job at the CIA will be short-lived, but extremely intense. His new life, if he survives, will continue when, and if, he returns. He has many moments of hesitation about the job to be done and about his new life. In their own way, each impacts him at the very heart of his being, each one touching places within him, those places he had forgotten about or had been numbed by the bludgeoning of his soul. He is, in fact, living life just where he has always liked to be but has not been for a long time: on the edge.

About the Author

Mornin’ Bill: About the Author

He attended Purdue University in the mid-sixties. Before he could graduate, he found beer and so became draft number four. He joined the Air Force and served four years as an avionics technician with two years in Japan. Some people in his maintenance shop in Japan made frequent trips to Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam. In Japan is where he gained some tiny bit of knowledge of the organization called the CIA through interaction with an airline called Air America. He returned to Purdue and graduated as a pharmacist in the mid-seventies. He spent several months in Central America on various trips during his time at Purdue and after graduation. After graduation, he worked in retail pharmacy for approximately one year then joined the Navy as a pharmacist. He served five years active duty, then fourteen years in the reserve. He retired in 2005. During his reserve time, he worked full-time as a hospital pharmacist. His last seven years, he served with a Marine Corps reserve rifle battalion as a medical administration officer in the battalion aid station. His training involved mountaineering and cold weather and desert battle scenarios. He was a member of a Marine Corps pistol team when stationed in California. He very much enjoyed his military career and did things he would never otherwise have been able to do. He also enjoys his pharmacy career and continues to work in a hospital in Southern California.