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By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD

Special to NKyTribune

I have a confession to make. When Dan Hurley, my colleague and regional historian, asked me to review his new book on his father’s World War II experiences, I was honored but hesitant, expecting a volume of hundreds of wartime letters replete with personal and family matters. My assumptions could not have been further from the truth.

Dan Hurley’s newest book, entitled “Crossing Borders, Expanding Boundaries: A White Soldier’s Experience of the WWII Segregated Army,” is a powerful and provocative work on at least four distinct

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