TY - BOOK AU - Robert Drynan TI - The Apprenticeship of Stefan Varek SN - 9781986129794 PB - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform KW - War KW - Historical Fiction N2 - Czech-American Stefan Varek barely escapes Europe ahead of the Nazi invasion. He enlists in the U.S. Marines, and his tour of duty carries him from Shanghai to the Battle of the Java Sea, then to New Guinea and on to the Battle of Guadalcanal. He is also assigned for a time to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff as a runner, where he witnesses firsthand the egos and jealousies of its officers ER -