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Charles N. Stevens
Charles N. Stevens, or Norm as his friends call him, grew up in Inglewood, California. At l8 he joined the Army Air Corps. He entered in l943 and was discharged after the war in Oc...view moreCharles N. Stevens, or Norm as his friends call him, grew up in Inglewood, California. At l8 he joined the Army Air Corps. He entered in l943 and was discharged after the war in October l945. He served as a bombardier on a B-l7 in the 8th Air Force, 351st Bomb Group, at Polebrook, England during the summer and early fall of l944. He finished his tour of duty, completing 34 bombing missions over Germany and occupied France, Belgium and Holland.
He wrote extensively about his combat experiences in his previous book, An Innocent at Polebrook: A Memoir of an 8th Air Force Bombardier published in 2004. His second book was a prequel detailing his year of training before going overseas, The Innocent Cadet: Becoming a World War II Bombardier, published in 2008.
After returning from overseas he trained as a radar bombardier at Langley Field, Virginia and Williams Field, Arizona. He was to be assigned to a B-29 crew for duty in the Pacific when the war ended.
Following the war he enrolled at the University of California at Los Angeles, graduating with a BA in psychology. After a series of graduate courses he earned his teaching credential. Over a span of 32 years he taught science and mathematics in junior high schools and English and American Literature in high school. While teaching he earned a master's degree in English at California State College at Los Angles.
He has two sons by a previous marriage, Jeffry L. Stevens and Greg E. Stevens. He has five grandchildren, Brenda Stevens Sherry, Eric, Sharon, Michael and Beth Stevens, and two great grandsons, Ryan and Colin Stevens.
He retired in l984 and has lived a life of reading, writing, traveling and being a grandfather. He lives with his wife, Dolores Seidman, in Monterey Park, California where they have resided for 40 years.view less