This book is a fictionalized story based on the life of the author as he navigated the many dangers during his life as a refugee in China during WWII. His tale is one of resourcefulness and good luck when he needed it to dodge death and mayhem. His good fortune led him to join his father at the U.S. Army Air Corps base and he survived several near-death encounters with the brutal invading Japanese Army. His encounter with a survivor of a Japanese attack on a refugee train evolved into love story that led to marriage and familyhood in the United States of America.