Friends and Family in Harmony

This is a story about friends that meet, and form a bond that leads to love and loyalty as their families grow in unity. It began in 1948. Lex and Brad became friends when they discovered similar interests of patriotism and airplanes while they are seniors in high school; Lex was a mechanic in the Air National Guard, and Brad was a clerk in the Marine Air Corps reserves in Birmingham. The bond was sealed when they joined the Air Force, and spent eighteen months together in Germany before returning home.

Lynn and Ann met in Talladega high school with similar interests in nursing; they grew closer when they became roommates while student nurses in St. Vincents Hospital in Birmingham.

The bond grows unbreakable during their emotional dating, romancing, heartbreaks, double wedding, family gatherings, and flying.