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'Till We Meet Again

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One of the ways I know a book is well written is when it seems too short. 'Till we Meet Again by Ray and Betty Whipps with Craig Borlase is one of those books.   It is a true World War II account of a U.S. soldier (Ray) who ends up wounded and transferred to a place where U.S. Nurse (Betty) works.   Upon meeting they discover their love for each other.   After promising to marry Betty, Ray gets sent out to the battlefield again and gets captured.   But I knew it had a happy ending before I read it because their picture is on the back of the book as an old, happily married couple (of course, you can assume it too because Betty's name is joined with Ray's on the book cover with the same last name as Ray).      Told from Ray's first-person dramatized view, Betty's perspective is mainly told from her letters scattered throughout the book.   I found their first meeting very…I don't think that amusing is the word…it was very heartening/encouraging.   Betty had