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The Military Writers Society of America was the brainchild of its founder and first president, W. H. (Rev. Bill) McDonald Jr. [2] A crew chief/door-gunner on UH-1D Huey helicopters in 1966 and 1967, Bill flew with the 128th Helicopter Assault Company out of Phu Loi, South Vietnam. He was awarded numerous medals, including: the Distinguished ...
Adam Makos was brought up on the outskirts of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. [1] He completed his early education from Montoursville Area High School. [2] At the age of 15 years, while in high school, he started to write military history and was one of the founding members of Ghost Wings, a forerunner to Valor, a magazine depicting veterans' stories.
Charles de Gaulle – Vers l'Armée de Métier (1934), La France et son Armée (1938) (partial bibliography of de Gaulle's military writings; influence of de Gaulle's military writings in Nazi Germany) David Glantz – preeminent authority on the Red Army during World War II; Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz – 19th-century general and theorist ...
Jack Carr was born into a military family and his mother was a librarian which gave him access to many books. He developed interests in authors such as Tom Clancy, Nelson DeMille and Louis L'Amour. When Carr first learned about the United States Navy SEALs at the age of 7, he decided that that was the career he was going to pursue. [7]
JOPLIN, Mo. — In our latest Veterans Voices report, the story of a Joplin man with deep roots in military service and community involvement. “I was born into an Air Force family. So, I was ...
Ron Capps is a writer, US Army and Foreign Service veteran, and founder of the Veterans Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that hosts free writing workshops for veterans and others. Capps also wrote the book Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years , a book that details his own experiences with PTSD ( Posttraumatic stress disorder ).
He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1974, spent 14 years on active duty with the US Army, and is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War. [3] Other pen names include H.W. Coyle. He has co-authored books with Barrett Tillman and Jennifer Ellis.
Two veterans who served with Secretary of Defense designee Pete Hegseath recounted his valor and bravery in combat during their service with him in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.