Charley Valera, Author

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Welcome to the official home of Charley Valera, bestselling author and documentary filmmaker. Here you’ll find the stories that honor our heroes, including My Father’s War: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers and A Military Mustang: The Extraordinary Life of Captain John W. Arens.

This is also the exclusive place to order personalized, signed copies of my books—and to follow updates on my soon-to-premiere documentary, My Father’s War: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers, inspired by the book of the same name.

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He thought his father had no stories.
Then he found the roll calls… and everything changed.
 
One son’s discovery became a race against time: nine WWII veterans, every branch, both theaters, telling the raw truth before the last voice fades.
 
Memories From Our Honored WWII Soldiers
The book that finally lets them speak — unfiltered, unforgettable, and almost too late.
 Their words deserve to live forever.
 

 
Nine veterans. Every branch. Both theaters.
One last chance to hear the truth straight from the men who lived it.
They waited 80 years to tell us what really happened…
and time is almost up.
Memories From Our Honored WWII Soldiers
A film that asks the questions we never asked our fathers and grandfathers.
Coming soon.
Because some stories can’t wait any longer.
Watch the trailer →
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