My Wings at Sunset: Living a Dream

These are the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual remembrances of one man'sfull and colorful life as a World War II Navy pilot, a musician, a broadcaster, afilmmaker and producer, a communication executive, and a writer and poet. Inaddition to reflecting on his many pioneering professional accomplishments, Robert E.A. Lee opens his soul to reveal his private world as son, brother, husband, father of six,and grandfather.Gleaning from more than eighty years of adventures spanning oceans and continents,Lee shares how his wings were first strengthened by those close to him in his nativeMinnesota, spread as a pilot in the Navy, and used to soar in his dealings with family,church, and career. With both pride and humility, Lee recounts riveting moments fromhis time in the war zone in the Pacific; his years as a Christian layman, supervisingnews, broadcasting, and publishing units for U.S. Lutherans; and his career in thetrenches of television, feature films, radio, and print media. Lee also delivers keeninsights into the evolution of mass communications during the twentieth century.Rich in the wisdom of a life well lived, My Wings at Sunset is the absorbing memoirof a man steeped in faith, filled with gratitude, and grounded in the foundation offamily and country.