A Legacy of Questions

A True Story memoir of an Idaho farm boy who couldn't read, became a Navy flight deck Plane Capton and carried one relentless question through success, loss and a hard work restoration. "What is my purpose?"

Who it’s for

  • Veterans & military families who know the hidden costs of service.

  • Parents who want to break cycles and rebuild trust.

  • People of faith who believe restoration is real — and hard.

  • Recovery Groups

  • Those interested in Dyslexia

  • Book Discussion Groups

  • Anyone haunted by the question: “Am I enough?”

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

A Legacy of Questions

True Story - From a Vietnam Flight Deck to a lifelong search for worth.......

Bill D. Blackburn Sr. is a Vietnam-era U.S. Navy veteran and author of A Legacy of Questions, a memoir about service, fatherhood, faith, and the long road to restoration.

A F8 fighter jet on the deck of the USS Hancock. VF 211
A F8 fighter jet on the deck of the USS Hancock. VF 211

During the Vietnam War, Blackburn served aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carriers as a Plane Captain, responsible for aircraft and pilot readiness during combat operations.

Bill D. Blackburn, Author
Bill D. Blackburn, Author

Now based in Lacey, Washington, Blackburn writes and speaks about moral injury, coming home, and becoming new later in life.

Bill & Sandy in Rome
Bill & Sandy in Rome