From Normandy to Berlin - A Soldier's story

 “A WWII Soldier’s Story—Omaha Beach to Berlin”   This is a first-person account of one soldier’s journey from being 4-F, to getting certified as a forward observer where the survival rate was 20%, becoming a tank driver and fighting in all 5 major campaigns in northern Europe.  One of his fighting buddies found a German camera and took pictures of the soldier and others during the fighting.  The story includes how he ended up with the pictures and survived from Omaha Beach to Berlin and how he coped beyond.

BIO

Martin Bauer is a life-long Kansan.  Farm boy from near Clay Center, Kansas, K-State undergrad, KU Law School followed by Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable Richard Rogers and now 47 years with Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer.  Handled commercial litigation that evolved into trying contested adoptions to adoption practice.   Now handles all Guardianships/Conservatorships for Ascension Hospital for all hospitals in Kansas.  President of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.  Helped found Wichita Montessori, Chaired the Kansas Arts Commission.  Past President of Downtown Rotary Club, Past District Governor.  Married to Ann, 3 children, 5 grandchildren.  Loves tennis, pickleball and international hiking.