Travels With John and Gwen

Follow a San Francisco doctor who served as a combat medic in Europe in World War II as he travels the world with his wife, Gwen, in the years following the war. For six decades, John and Gwen Kerner made ninety-plus trips to more than sixty countries and six continents.

In this captivating chronicle, John vividly recalls an innocent, bygone time for travel, the 1950s and '60s when airlines pampered every passenger; travelers made innocent, lifelong connections with complete strangers outside of train stations and in restaurants; and many cultures were still untouched by hordes of foreign tourists.

He recounts what it was like to go back to places in peacetime that he last saw in the heat or war. This book is also a poignant tribute to his late wife, Gwen, who brightened every trip of theirs with her wit, intellect, grace, and charm.

John A. Kerner, MD, has been one of the most esteemed leaders of San Francisco and California’s medical com-munity and helped immeasurably to bring forward-thinking practices to the state. In addition to his OB-GYN practice, he served as Mount Zion Medical Center Chief of Staff and UCSF Clinical Professor. He was one of just seven US WWII veterans awarded the French Le-gion of Honor by French president Nicolas Sarkozy in Washington, DC, in 2007. Dr. Kerner is also the author of Combat Medic, World War II (2012), A Combat Medic Comes Home (2012), and San Francisco Heroes I Have Known (2015). All are published by iBooks; Combat Medic is now available
in a hardcover edition.