"Sugar Reports and Homemade Dill Pickles" was recently presented with two Finalist Medals in the 2019 New Generation Indie Book Awards. This fascinating novel won awards for best first novel under 70,000 words and for best military story. This well written book is a sweet and bitter true love story set during the time period of WWII. This is an amazing tale of Bob and Dee, written mainly in their own words through love letters, pictures and a hidden journal composed while in German Prisoner of War camps. The story depicts the heroism of the 707th Tank Battalion in several battles including the Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. It follows Company A, 3rd platoon into the village of Hosingen, Luxembourg where orders are received to "Hold at all cost." This battle became known as the "Alamo of the Ardennes." The story also tells of life in small towns in the United States during the war. Much like the famous "Rosie the riveter," Dee joins the war effort in a defense plant. Despite the tragedy of war, the real story is a beautiful romantic tale of an incredible couple that lived and recorded it in "Sugar Reports." H
