Book cover of "I'll Be Seeing You: Letters Home from a Navy Girl" by Karen Berkey Huntsberger, featuring a portrait of Navy WAVE Lucy Berkey in her uniform.

I’ll Be Seeing You

In 1943, Lucy Berkey quit her job and enlisted in the Navy WAVES–Women Activated for Voluntary Emergency Service. Over the next two and a half years, Lucy chronicled her story in letters home describing her decision to enlist in the Navy, her training at Hunter College in New York City, and her assignment as a map artist at the Hydrographic Office in Washington, D.C. Through Lucy's narrative of personal and professional transformation, readers see into the world of a young woman receiving the same rank and pay as a man for the first time in history.

“I feel like I know Lucy after reading the book and I really wish I could have met her and thanked her for her service and for making my service a reality.”

— Colonel (retired) Cassie B. Barlow, United States Air Force, Author

“Reading the author’s work brings an inevitable nostalgia, a longing for white picket fences, Midwestern neighborliness, and Sunday dinners after church. Perhaps more importantly she reminds us of the time letter writing was an art, and love of family wafted from the page like the smell of home-baked bread.”

— Stephen W. Long, Author

"Waiting for Peace" book cover featuring a World War II medic Richard Berkey standing in the window of Hitler's bombed out home., with title and author Karen Berkey Huntsberger.

Waiting for Peace

Follow combat medic Richard Berkey’s footsteps as he leads you through the WWII battlefields of France and Germany. Richard’s war journal, letters to and from home, 91 period photos, and historical army reports tell his compelling story.

He reveals himself as a serious and reflective young man in his journal, while his letters home are filled with humor and tenderness. The voices of Richard’s family and friends intertwine with his own, framing a portrait of an American family during the defining event of the twentieth century.

“Having experienced fear, wonder, loneliness, and grit alongside him every step of the way, the only issue with Waiting for Peace is that Berkey’s story must end. Yet, his voice, his emotions, and his battle weary boots stay with the reader far beyond his last words.”

— Elizabeth Terry, Author

“This was a great read–I found myself having trouble putting it down. It is definitely not your “normal” WWII book and has a much more personal touch. I loved it!”

— David Z.