Come Share My Foxhole

Leave it to a world war to spawn a love story. Twenty-three year old Karl and nineteen year old Evie brimming with post-Great Depression enthusiasm watched their dreams vanish when Karl was drafted into the World War Two nightmare. His absence forced Evie to struggle with their handicapped infant son alone. Karl's transformation from civilian to soldier took Karl to stopovers in Wyoming, California, Ohio, and Virginia before he shipped out to England for his ordnance company's D-Day preparations. Fifteen months of his life were then spent on continental Europe as the Allies pummeled Nazi Germany to unconditional surrender. His war experiences changed Karl from a confident, but naive, young man into a hardened battle weary veteran. Lonely, Evie wrote letters of hope, worry, and anxiety. Karl wrote of his experiences during his exciting but mind numbing journey as if Evie were hunkered down next to him in a muddy foxhole with buzz bombs flying overhead. The two and a half year separation strained their marriage to the brink of disaster. Come read their story and letters as if you are sharing the foxhole with them.