Mesa, AZ, December 19, 2022 –(PR.com)– Joseph Gary Roy-Rick O’Connor II, a retired infantry officer, Airborne Ranger, and a decorated combat veteran who holds a PhD in exercise physiology from Arizona State University and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, has completed a new book, “The Life and Adventures of Delbert Spool”: a gripping and captivating coming-of-age tale that follows a young man named Delbert Spool as he searches to find himself within the American military and discovers his calling as a true hero.

“The story of Delbert Spool’s life is truly an American adventure,” writes O’Connor. “He was a child of Bulgarian immigrant parents who fled Europe as the storm clouds of WWII gathered. From birth, Delbert was physically gifted and unique in many ways. The only son in a small working-class family, he had a typical American upbringing in Hackensack, New Jersey. In his middle-class…