Jerry was a WW 2 fighter pilot from Hillside, NJ. He flew P-51′s over Japan from Iwo Jima. Married to Helene for 60 years, they have four sons and six grandchildren, three in America and three born and raised in Japan. Jerry is the author of the award winning historical fiction book The Blackened Canteen and his memoir Of War and Weddings about his life as a warrior and his transformation when his son married the daughter of his enemy.