Mr. Right

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Directlyafter World War II, two young people from different backgrounds (an Irish girland a Macanese boy) met in Shanghai,fell in love.¿ This boy happened to be inthe USA as a student at the Stanford University in California who volunteered to fight for the USA when war was declared.¿ He was then sent to New Guinea to join his regiment to help the Allied Forces stop Japan from its incursions of the Far East regions.¿ At the battleground hecontracted a severe case of malaria.¿ Hewas hospitalized in Shanghai where he met an Irish girl who was working as a nurseat the hospital.Theyoung couple was soon married and not long after their marriage, the ChineseCommunist soldiers invaded Shanghai.¿ The Chinese Nationalist Forces and theAmerican Forces then withdrew from Shangai.¿ The young couple with allother American military families were sent by the U.S. Government to theStates.¿ They went to San Francisco where they established residence and raised twochildren.¿ The parents of the coupleeventually immigrated to the U.S.A.Thoughthis a novel, it is replete with historical eventsthat illuminated the days in question.