Humble Hero

Humble Hero reveals my father's unusual life of survival. The story of Charles R. (Dinky) Joyner reveals his time as an orphan, street ruffian, lover, and unlikely war survivor and hero. He was the youngest of five children born to Lemuel Joyner and Annie Culpepper in the naval town of Portsmouth Virginia. His mother died when he was a toddler and his father suffered permanent brain injuries from a severe beating. Adopted by his maternal grandparents, the children were quickly dispatched to...