COOKIE JOHNSON: his jouney along paths never imagined

COOKIE JOHNSONbegins his odyssey along paths few travel to arrive at a place in life never dreamed, expected, or predicted.J J 'Cookie' Johnson, a fry cook at Sugar Babe's, quits his job, pays a recruiter ten dollars to be a cook in the Army, and ends up as an infantry rifleman in Vietnam. He finds combat exhilarating and being responsible for others fulfilling.Injured by a grenade explosion and evacuated to a field hospital, J J meets and proposes marriage twice to his nurse, Lieutenant Katie Patton. Threatened by conflict, uncertainty, separation, career aspirations, protocol, and punitive Army regulations forbidding fraternization, they wonder if their love can endure and survive the war.-- "A love story wrapped in a war story wrapped in a human story. Nobody captures the essence of characters through dialogue and action better than Tank Gunner. Readers will laugh and cry, love and hate, and make this journey in the shoes of Cookie Johnson."-- "Cookie's story smells and tastes like truth. Engrossing page-turner."-- "Gripping, thrilling, in Cookie Johnson Tank Gunner succeeds in crafting a tale both solemn and uplifting, witty and insightful."-- "I laughed and cried, my stomach churned, and my heart swelled."-- "It’s suspenseful, it’s funny, it’s sad, it’s true." Read more