Unlikely Warrior, A Small Town Boy's View of World War II

This honest and touching memoir starts out with summers in the Scouts and faint radio murmurs of unrest in faraway places. As World War II creeps ever closer to the American consciousness, Lovell finds himself in basic training, shooting targets and learning codes.
Stationed in Germany during the latter part of the war, Lovell turns 19 just weeks before V-E Day. By the time he turns 20 – just ten years after the start of the story, Lovell has faced more than most people do in a lifetime.

A first-hand memoir of one of the most pivotal decades in the history of the United States, Unlikely Warrior was put to paper at the insistence of the author’s grown children. Its lessons, however, can benefit all of us.

Robert graduated from Hennessey High School in May of 1944 and a few days later, he was in the U. S. Army. After the war he attended The University of Tulsa and received BA and LLB degrees. He returned to his home town of Hennessey and went to work in a bank. After twenty years, he left the bank and entered private law practice. In 1978, he was elected judge and served for sixteen years before retiring.

Judge Lovell and his wife have three sons, two granddaughters, one great grandson and several extended family. They still live in Hennessey and enjoy an active retired life.