Moreover, he took it to heart. He became all that he could be during his lifetime through commitment, hard work, and faith in a system that provided belief in the future. After the war ended, he returned to Minnesota, married and began his career. One of his inventions, The Pillow Speaker Radio, sold more than 40,000 radios to hospitals across the country. (I actually still have one of their pillow speakers that I found among my father’s things after his death.) His next enterprise was Miracle Ear in 1955. The company Dahlberg began with $3000 capital in 1948 sold for $139 million in 1993.

Today at 90, he is still flying and running a company! War hero, entrepreneur, inventor, family man, and successful at all, he is certainly an example to be heralded. Kudos. You will finish this book with a renewed sense of what it really means to be an American.