2nd Lieutenant Clint Lane: West Point to Berlin

2nd Lieutenant Clint Lane: West Point to Berlin

If second lieutenants are fortunate at the start of their careers, they are helped by good sergeants. I was fortunate in having Sergeant James C. Sheriff as a platoon sergeant soon after I began army life. He knew more about leading men than I did, and he was patient with me. There is a character in this story named after him. However, the real Sergeant Sheriff did not have the gambling instinct the “Sergeant Sheriff” in this book has.<br /><br />It is hard to imagine anyone writing a book entirely on his own. In order to write the adventures of Clint Lane, I traveled in Germany and France, and received help from many people there as well as in this country.<br /><br />Dort Darrah Reeder, my wife, devoted hours to this manuscript. Nardi Reeder Campion, my sister, a skilled writer, reviewed it and boosted it along. Lieutenant Colonel Dan Halpin devoted time, energy, and thought to the story.<br /><br />I am also indebted to: 1st Lt. James B. Allen, Jr.; 1st Lt. and Mrs. James L. Anderson; Capt. R. M. Berglund; Col. Morton Brooks; Joe Cahill; Lt. Col. Merle Carey; Sgt. Cicuzzo; Master Sgt. Paul Cirignano, USA—retired; Tim Cohane; 1st Sgt. George Danner; 1st Lt. Jim Ellis; Coach Dale Hall; Maj. Gen. Barksdale Hamlet; Mrs. Judy Hewgley; Coach Tom Harp; 2nd Lt. Dale Hruby; Master Sgt. Harry Lake; Capt. James Lay; 1st Lt. Robert Ley; Maj. Gen. Robert M. Littlejohn, USA—retired; 2nd Lt. Rod-eric (“Butch”) Ordway; Herr and Frau Walter Kissler; Sgt. Robert Jennings; Brig. Gen. Harold K. Johnson; Col. and Mrs. Doug Kendrick; Bill Merrill; Maj. G. R. Moe; Maj. Leslie McMorrow; Master Sgt. Bob Neel; Russ Reeder, III; Capt. Scott Riggs, Jr.; Maj. John Stannard; Maj. Gen. Harry Storke; Mrs. Virgil Shyrock; 1st Lt. Jeff Tuten; Maj. Gen. Tom Watlington; and S. B. Whipple.<br /><br />RED REEDER<br />West Point, New York