The Stigma of God

The story takes place in the rural North Carolina area in the early 1940s. It is the story of a six foot colored boy who has a skin pigmentation of a white boy and he also has a hair and facial features that most white boys have but he does not want to be labeled as a white boy. He enlists in the Marine Corps through a misunderstanding in his enlistment papers. His fellow recruits and his superiors all think that he is a white boy unbeknown to him. He serves in the second war for Guam and he is decorated for his bravery. He returns to the United States and is charged with training new recruits who, like himself, were allowed into the marines via a document signed in 1942.

Jack O. Horton is a retired General Real Estate Appraiser. He had a stroke in 2016 that forced his retirement after 29 years. He is also a retired letter carrier after 32 years; a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving as a Sargeant-First-Class and a retired member of the US Merchant Marines serving as a sea going barge captain. He is married and has been for almost 67 years to his wonderful wife. They have four daughters and five granddaughters. They live in Elizabeth City, NC 27909.