''Sonny'': Tale of Two Brothers

By Roland Roberts

This novel catalogs the development and escapades of 2 brothers: It contains exciting events which occurred between 1930 and today, events which are sometimes history making, and always either contain Hilarity or sadness. The events have helped shape the freedom we share today, and many fly in the face of the scourge, "Political Correctness". Many of the participants who aided in shaping the development are among the rich & famous, or infamous as one might see it. Enjoy!!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469167657

Roland Roberts

Roland Roberts was born on a ranch in New England. While a youngster, he was influenced by Dr. Robert Goddard, the father of Rocketry, and after serving his country in the front lines of battle, he returned to college to finish his Engineering degree on the GI bill. He was hired after receiving his degree by General Electric to work in the Missiles & Space Division and relocated to Vandenberg AFB. He was there on classified assignments to the Air Force Ballistic Space Department. He later served his country as a technical adviser to the Strategic Air Command in Omaha Nebraska for two years. He returned to Vandenberg AFB to assist in the development of the Minute Man Missile System and led the effort for down range recovery of its nosecone. Roland next accepted a contract with the GE Nuclear Fuel Design program as Senior Design Engineer for Boiling Water Nuclear Power Plants. After serving GE’s desires for 15 years, he took an early retirement to build and invest in start-up companies. He was successful in his efforts and investments as he had applied his corporate knowledge and experience learned at GE. He most recently retired from his position as CEO and Chairman of Trans-Pharma Pharmaceuticals after complications with his heart. Roland has decided to pass on some of his life’s experiences for all to enjoy and perhaps compare to parallels in ones’ own life. His next book “Sonny” provides more insight to his development and family from an early age and his wartime activities.

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SONNY

Tale of Two Brothers

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Roland Roberts

Copyright

© 2012 by Richard Dubrule.

Library of Congress Control Number:           2012902824

ISBN:                 Hardcover                                   978-1-4691-6764-0

                           Softcover                                     978-1-4691-6763-3

                           eBook                                           978-1-4691-6765-7

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Contents

Introduction

The Era of the Tale of Brothers:

Terms and conditions needed to fully understand this novel are delineated as follows:

Sonny

The Dubrule Ranch House:

The Dubrule Ranch:

Uncle Eli:

Nellie:

Depression Effect:

Land Holdings All Around, Including Canada:

Great Hurricane of 1938:

Polecats:

Things Sonny Should

Have Known About Skunks:

Al the Butcher:

Doctor Moon:

The Village:

The Forties Decade:

What a developing wonderful era to have experienced!

High School:

Westover:

Possibly Hugh Hefner’s Home:

Service Life:

Richie’s Service Life:

Richie’s Basic Training at Lackland:

General Omar Bradley:

We Landed at Andrews:

Flight to Cheyenne:

On Reporting in:

Scott Air Force Base, Belleview, Illinois:

Communications School:

San Francisco:

Embarkment:

Rough Seas and a Cyclone:

Liberty Ship:

First Overseas Assignment:

The Mission:

Peter Rabbit:

Railhead Taken:

TDY Assignments Were Many and Varied for This Young Patriotic Volunteer:

Turkish Army:

Turkish Foods:

My Last TDY Assignment:

Taegu Field Hospital:

Homecoming:

Return to Civilian Life:

Gorgeous George Grant:

The Brothers Spent much time together:

Introduction to Charlie:

Charlie’s Tavern:

Artie’s Car:

Sweeney:

Lyndon Baines Johnson:

Sonny’s Family:

Sonny’s Business:

Friends and Acquaintances:

371 Club and Sonny’s Truck:

Happenings at Charlie’s:

Charlie’s Feed:

The Coon:

Hank:

Knife:

Shades of Crocodile Dundee:

Bob La Rose and the Grand Club:

Sonny the Contractor:

R. F. Dubrule Construction, Inc.:

Take away all natural biases and common knowledge, then you can alter the thinking power of the masses.

—Roland Roberts

Introduction

This writing is a chronology of a portion of the lives of two brothers’ growth and development during the Great Depression and is intended as a testimony to the independence, fortitude, and great character of the author’s brother, Sonny.

Sonny is a charismatic individual who loves adventure, finds a challenge in daily routine, and attempts to share it with all. I cannot illustrate individual or charismatic sufficiently to identify Sonny but feel certain you will understand in this reading.

Caution, the largesse of time involved is prior to the onset of when the scourge of political correctness enveloped this great country. The author neither asks one to agree nor disagree with how political correctness has impacted us all, just reminds the reader when the events took place. Enjoy!

The author depicts life as it existed in this great country of the United States from the years of the Great Depression through today. He sketches the events and experiences through the eyes and travels of two brothers so alike and yet totally different, individual personalities.

Individual—perhaps the most significant word lost in today’s present world and undoubtedly the biggest loss to mankind. Before the political correctness movement replaced individual with the term person, each of us were fully recognized for our individual talents and deeds. Now, we seem to be a blend of humans without gender or traits. It’s almost like the government wants us to believe there is little value of recognizing that men are males and women are females, nor do they have inborn differences in emotions or affinity for how they react.

For instance, when you read an account of an event and credit is given to the individual for their deed or misdeed as the case may be, the publication seems to go to great lengths to hide the gender, race, or ethnicity of the now person rather than informing us, the reader, and general public.

What better way to indoctrinate than through education as the brightest and most receptive minds are often the easiest to accept one’s philosophy as they are now before you.

REMEMBER WHEN: we had starlets, actresses, and actors in Hollywood? Political correctness now presents only actors to us today no matter the age, sex, or experience and talent.

REMEMBER WHEN: a news account gave a more descript account of what and how an event occurred, rather than removing most details in order to be politically correct.

REMEMBER WHEN: it made sense to discriminate against things or those who would harm or hurt you? Discrimination was a good term. We believed in being discriminating enough to avoid danger or those who appear dangerous. Discrimination was and is still intelligent. Use common sense.

Before political correctness, we had great actors and actresses, child stars, and up-and-coming starlets. We had John Wayne, James Cagney, Peter Lorre, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, and a myriad of wonderful character actors and actresses. Some of the great actresses were Bette Davis, Greer Garson, Katharine Hepburn, etc.

Today we have a group of actors who play all the roles of the great ones, and we have learned to accept this sometimes mediocrity as if it were the same.

Hollywood now can keep feeding us with unimaginative scripts that do little to challenge our mental capacity in their mindless attempts to merely shock or startle us for greater attendance with their nudity or vulgarity. What hogwash! Does one wonder how many youngsters who seem to eat up this tripe are harmed by it in real life? I’m pretty certain the now generation believes. But there again, today is today, and we are in full state of political correctness steered on by the naivety it has wrought upon us.

Where and when did we begin to slide into the scourge