Sunday, May 17, 2020

Just completed the final edit of Bold Rescue!



I finished the final edit of Sgt. Dunn #13, Bold Rescue, a few minutes ago. I still need to finish the Author's Notes and the Acknowledgements. 

I hope to be able to release it soon.

By the way, I'm even working on my birthday! I turned a whopping 68 today. I just realized this is my 50th anniversary of my graduating from Westport High School (1970). Hard to believe, but there you are.

Be safe.

Ronn


Right after the Chiefs won the Superbowl


Thursday, May 7, 2020

75th Anniversary of VE Day, 8 May 1945, 8 May 2020

Imagine hearing the news that the war in Europe was finally, finally . . . over.

Here's a great History Channel video about it.



Monday, March 30, 2020

Sgt. Dunn #13 title reveal and book description

Hey Sgt. Dunn readers,

I hope you and your family are well and safe in this difficult time. Please adhere to the CDC social distancing protocols. My wife and I are isolating ourselves, especially because we are in our 60s. We only go out to the grocery store after ordering online. We drive up, they put them in the trunk and we drive off. We don't open the windows. When we get home, we disinfect the items.

Thank goodness for Facebook and Skype. They help us stay connected to our family.


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On Thursday, March 19th, I finished the first draft of the newest Sgt. Dunn novel, #13. Today, I completed the first edit and sent it to my famous FIRST READERS. As for a release date, I'm hoping for late April, but that's dependent on many factors, not all of which are writing related. You can track my editing progress in the upper left of this blog.

Take care and be safe.



Title Reveal!

Bold Rescue 


The Battle of the Bulge is raging. The good news is the weather improved and the Allies’ air superiority comes back into play. The Americans have fought their way back, shrinking the bulge, but at a terrible price. The Germans, however, are resupplying the southern portion of their front line by convoys at night, when the Allied air power can’t touch them.



U.S. Army Ranger Master Sergeant Tom Dunn and his squad of deadly Rangers are assigned to parachute into Germany and destroy the last bridge available to Germans in that area. Getting in isn’t the problem, escaping through the porous front line is.



British Army Commando Sergeant Major Malcolm Saunders leads his men in a raid on a lighthouse in Denmark that is used by the Germans to guide their supply convoys. Having seen the same lighthouse on the previous mission to Sweden, Saunders is happy to go back and attempt to ruin it for the Germans.


Meanwhile, in Bologna, Italy, a twelve-year-old Jewish boy named Benjamin struggles to care for four younger Jewish children. All five are hiding from the Germans following the deportation of their parents to Auschwitz a year ago.

With the advance of the Allied Armies in Italy halted due to the winter, Italian partisans take on a more and more important role. In a joint mission, Dunn and Saunders take their men to the Apennines Mountains northwest of Bologna to train an entire company of partisans. Horrifying news from Bologna arrives at the partisans’ encampment: the Gestapo is rounding up the last of the Jews in the city. Next stop by train: Auschwitz. Working together, Dunn, Saunders, and the partisans’ leaders plan a bold rescue. Can they stop the train to Auschwitz and rescue the Jews aboard?

In book thirteen of his WWII action thrillers, Munsterman reminds us of his masterful blending of real-life Nazi operations with fiction giving the reader an action-packed story in a non-stop page-turning pace. In Bold Rescue, he tackles just a small part of the single most horrifying event in WWII, the extermination of Jews in Europe, and shows us what men of integrity, and who care can do.

Sunday, January 26, 2020

My author interview

An interview I did with authorvoices.com is available here:

https://authorvoices.com/authorvoices-author-interviews/interview-ronn-munsterman/


Here's the first question and answer:



Where are you from originally and where do you reside now?

I grew up in mid-town Kansas City, Missouri about 2 miles from the famous Plaza. I’m a huge Royals fan and got to see their second game ever, a 17 inning win over the Twins. I was in the sixth grade when the Chiefs came to town and am thrilled they are returning to the Superbowl in 2020. We live in Iowa now.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Go Chiefs!


When I was in the 6th grade, the NFL came to Kansas City. There was a radio contest to name the team, which was of course the Chiefs. I recall being able to get free Chiefs stickers at just about any store in the neighborhood. Naturally, I stuck them on my school notebook. 

A friend of my mom had a color TV, so we watched the first Superbowl at her house. Even though we lost, it was awesome. Four years later, the Chiefs won Super Bowl IV. I was a senior in high school.

Here we are 50 years later. Looking forward to the game a week from Sunday.


The patches






Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year!

May 2020 bring you and your family joy and happiness!

Ronn

Monday, December 16, 2019