Calvin Vraa has been a student of World War II and its effects in both his career as a psychologist and as a National Guard infantry officer, which included a deployment to Germany...view moreCalvin Vraa has been a student of World War II and its effects in both his career as a psychologist and as a National Guard infantry officer, which included a deployment to Germany. He holds a doctorate in psychology and worked with families or members who sought help or assistance in his practice. He was commissioned through the infantry Officers Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. He is the author of When the Warflowers Bloomed, the story of the relationship between an American infantry officer and the woman, a world-class musician, he finds dying when he liberates a Nazi concentration camp.view less