Jon Stafford, father of Five Points Rotarian Olivia Jones, was born in Michigan, the third of four children, and grew up outside of Chicago, attending college close to home. He ventured south to Alabama for his master’s degree in Civil War history and worked toward his PhD at the University of South Carolina. Jon now lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and after retiring from a thirty-year career teaching history to high schoolers, now spends his time as a residential building contractor, rehabbing houses.
Reluctant Warriors is a story of the World War II soldiers, ordinary men in extraordinary situations and circumstances who took no pleasure in killing. Stories of the men and women and families who became victims of the Great Depression, how their lives changed and how their incredible journey changed them forever. This book honors each and every man who had psychological problems when they came back which took years to overcome and years out of their lives to serve their country. It’s about the families who had to endure hardships , defeat, loss and how they all rose to the challenge of wars fought on all fronts.” (Courtesy: Jon Stafford)