I Promise You I'll Be Home

<p> As a 21-year-old Marine sent to the front lines of the Korean War, Al Martinez dispatched letters almost daily to his young bride, Joanne. In battle, he experienced the worst that war can bring, and then he served as a combat correspondent and as writer and editor of his regimental newsletter, the <I>Ridgerunner</I>. After the war, he entered a career in journalism, becoming a featured columnist for the <I>Los Angeles Times</I> where he would earn three shared P