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  Johnnie M. Clark

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  Johnnie Clark was wounded 3 times with famous 5th Marine Regiment as a machine gunner. He was awarded the Silver Star, 3 Purple Hearts, The Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry among other decorations. GUNS UP! was his first book, a non-fiction classic now in a 34th printing. It has been required reading in many high schools and colleges as well as the Commandant's list for suggested reading for all Marines. His second novel SEMPER FIDELIS also made the Commandant's list. Johnnie has two children Shawn and Bonnie. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife, Nancy and dog Gunner. He owns and operates Johnnie Clark Tae Kwon Do and Judo School, A Christian Do Jang. He is an 8th Dan Grandmaster. He is

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  James E. Miller

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  Scott Cook

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  Dennis Foley

  Dennis Foley retired from the Army after several tours in Southeast Asia. He served as a Long Range Patrol Detachment commander, an Airborne Infantry company commander, a Ranger company commander, and a Special Forces “A” Detachment commander. After the Army he started working in Hollywood as an television writer. In addition to his novels, he has written and produced for television and film. He lives in Whitefish, Montana.
  
  Dennis holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College and is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Authors Guild.

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  John Podlaski

  John Podlaski served in Vietnam during 1970 and 1971 as an infantryman with both the Wolfhounds of the 25th Division, and the 501st Infantry Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star, two Air Medals, and a Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. "Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel" is his first book, published in 2010, it is faring well with over 300 combined reviews with an average of 4.6 stars. The story is a memoir of his time as as infantry soldier during the Vietnam War.
  
  John spent the years since Vietnam working in various management positions within the automotive industry and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 2002. John is a life member of Vietnam Veterans of

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  James Watson

  Senior Chief James Dennis “Patches” Watson III was a Plank Owner of the SEAL Team Two.
  
  Watson was the Curator Emeritus of the UDT-SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, FL
  
  An original plank owner of SEAL Team TWO, Jim served three tours in Vietnam as platoon chief earning sixteen combat decorations, four of which are Bronze Stars all with Combat “V”.

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  Robert F. Burgess

  Robert F. Burgess grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and as a youth often trout-fished the same creeks and streams as Ernest Hemingway. At the end of World War II he served with the U. S. Army 88th Blue Devil Division Ski Troops in northern Italy. After the war he returned to Europe on the GI Bill to study foreign languages at universities in Italy and Switzerland; then completed his education in Journalism at Michigan State University. He became a Florida magazine writer/photographer specializing in sport fishing and scuba diving adventures. Later he returned to Europe with his wife to travel and write for various magazines there and abroad. The author lives in North Florida. Mr. Burgess has been called a Renaissance man because his books c

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  David Clensy

  David Clensy has written a number of non-fiction and fiction books, including Island Life: A History of Looe Island (2006), The Mole of Edge Hill (2006), Walking The Wolds Way (2007), As Wide As All The World (2021) and Walking the White Horses (2023).
  
  In February 2024 he released his debut novel, Prayer in Time of War.
  
  In July 2023 he won the Frome Festival Short Story Competition Local Prize. His short stories have also been long-listed in the Cranked Anvil Short Story Prize 2022 and short-listed in the Wells Festival of Literature Short Story Competition 2022.
  
  In July 2024, he signed a five-book deal with historical fiction specialist Sapere Books to deliver a series of World War II naval thrillers. The first of the series, For Those In Per

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  Michael G. Thomas

  Michael G. Thomas, is a writer, martial artist and military historian. He has written books on European martial arts and military history as well as Zombie Survival books and fiction. He is the co-founder of the prestigious Academy of Historical Fencing that teaches traditional armed and unarmed European martial arts. His specialist subject areas are teaching the use of the medieval two handed longsword and the German long knife in both the UK and other parts of Europe.
  
  His academic background is as varied as his writing with degrees in Computing, Classical Studies and Machine Learning. In recent years he has undertaken substantial research in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence as well as Ancient Greek and Byzantine m

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  Keith M. Nightingale

  Retired Colonel

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  Joshua Bowe

  Joshua Bowe lives in Chaska, Minnesota with his wife Misty. Two of their four children are in college, and two have families of their own. He served twelve years in the Minnesota National Guard and continues to work full-time for the National Guard as a civilian. You can follow his blog and post reviews on his Amazon and Goodreads author pages. Check out his YouTube channel to view a book trailer and slideshow featuring photos taken by his dad and fellow soldiers during their time in Vietnam.
  
  Website: www.thegroundyoustandupon.org
  Facebook: facebook.com/thegroundyoustandupon.org.
  Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/joshuabowe
  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joshuabowe1424
  
  Wilbur Bowe lives in Cameron, Wisconsin with his wife Carol, where the

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  Kenn Miller

  Kenn Miller (b. 1948) is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. From 1967 through 1969, he served three voluntary extensions of his combat tours in an Airborne Ranger company in Vietnam. He was a Long Range Patrol team member and team leader in LRRP Detachment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; F Company 58th Infantry (LRP); and L Company 75th Ranger.
  
  After his military service, Miller returned briefly to the United States, then moved to Taiwan. After marrying and returning again to America, he studied history and English at the University of Michigan. He then worked as a janitor, auto worker, physical education teacher, ghostwriter, and part-time editor and “book doctor” for Ballantine Books, Ivy Books, and the Naval Institute Press.

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  Rick DeStefanis

  
  Rick DeStefanis is an award-winning novelist.
  
  Newspaper carrier, grocery store clerk, land surveyor, machinist (International Harvester), paratrooper (82nd Airborne Division), foundry worker, carpenter, brakeman and conductor (Illinois Central Railroad), deputy sheriff, business owner, house painter, dock worker, truck driver, airline ramp agent, operations manager (FedEx Express), Airline Flight Dispatcher, Area General Manager (General Electric), motorcyclist, skydiver, hunter, fisherman, wildlife photographer....Mississippi author Rick DeStefanis brings a lifetime of experiences to his writing. An avid outdoorsman and military veteran, DeStefanis brings several of these experiences to his books, both in his Vietnam War Series and his Sout

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  Charles B. MacDonald

  Charles B. MacDonald was a former Deputy Chief Historian for the United States Army. He wrote several of the Army's official histories of World War II.
  
  After graduating from Presbyterian College, MacDonald was commissioned as a US Army officer through the Army ROTC and deployed to Europe. By September 1944, as a 21 year old Captain , he commanded a rifle company in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. MacDonald received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.
  
  His first book, ''Company Commander'', was published in 1947, while his wartime experiences were fresh in his mind.
  
  MacDonald wrote the final volume of the Green Series on the European Theatre, ''The Last Offensive''. He retired as Deputy Chief Historian, United States Army Ce

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  JOHN J COYNE

  Jack is a retired Navy Captain and a career Naval Aviator, with over 30 years of service flying helicopters in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Western Pacific. One of the pioneer Joint Staff Officers in the Navy, he spent eight consecutive years overseas with experience at every level of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including Norfolk, Virginia, Naples, Italy, Sarajevo, Bosnia Hercegovina, Brussels, Belgium and Washington, D.C. He served as the Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff at Allied Forces Southern Europe in Naples, Italy, and concurrently with the Implementation Force (IFOR) in Sarajevo, Bosnia Hercegovina during OPERATION DELIBERATE FORCE. He later was the Military Assistant to the Deputy Chairman of the

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  Arthur Wiknik Jr.

  Arthur Wiknik, Jr. served in Vietnam with Company A 2/506th of the 101st Airborne Division as an infantry squad leader from April 1969 to March 1970. He was one of the first in his unit to safely reach the top of Hamburger Hill during the final assault. A few months later, he prevented a possible attack on a remote firebase by discovering a nearby enemy weapons cache.
  
  Proud of his military service, Arthur gives talks at schools, colleges and civic organizations about his Vietnam experiences. A dedicated community volunteer, Arthur is a 17-year member of the Haddam Memorial Day Parade Committee, is a founding member of the Haddam Veteran's Museum and is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  
  Arthur lives in Connecticut and works as a

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  James Mullins

  I was born into a military family in the United States. At a very early age I was able to travel the world. One of the first places my father was stationed at was Germany. Europe was a magnificent land dotted with castles and history. This invoked within me first a curiosity about history, and later a passion. I became captivated with tales of history.
  
  After my experience abroad, history was filed in the back of my mind. We returned to the United States and went about our lives. School, a trip to Italy with my Grandparents to become acquainted with my Italian cousins, and finally my own tour in the military took me to more wondrous places full of history the Middle East and Iceland. These new experiences helped bring the love of history to t

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  Dennis Foley

  Dennis Foley retired from the Army after several tours in Southeast Asia. He served as a Long Range Patrol Detachment commander, an Airborne Infantry company commander, a Ranger company commander, and a Special Forces “A” Detachment commander. After the Army he started working in Hollywood as an television writer. In addition to his novels, he has written and produced for television and film. He lives in Whitefish, Montana.
  
  Dennis holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College and is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Authors Guild.

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  Michael G. Thomas

  Michael G. Thomas, is a writer, martial artist and military historian. He has written books on European martial arts and military history as well as Zombie Survival books and fiction. He is the co-founder of the prestigious Academy of Historical Fencing that teaches traditional armed and unarmed European martial arts. His specialist subject areas are teaching the use of the medieval two handed longsword and the German long knife in both the UK and other parts of Europe.
  
  His academic background is as varied as his writing with degrees in Computing, Classical Studies and Machine Learning. In recent years he has undertaken substantial research in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence as well as Ancient Greek and Byzantine m

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  Matt Jackson

  Born into a Navy Submarine Family, he traveled the world as a child. Enlisted in the Army in 1968 after two worthless years of college and became an Army helicopter pilot serving for 18 months in Vietnam. Was promoted to a commissioned officer while serving in Vietnam and stayed on active duty until 1993. In that time he commanded rifle companies at Fort Lewis Washington and Anchorage Alaska where he commanded an airborne company. Highlight of his career was commanding an air assault infantry battalion during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. The Army sent him back to college to finish his bachelors degree and later working on my own, two master degrees. Once he retired he went into private business and finally retired in 2015. He has two sons

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  Ryan Manganiello

  Ryan is a United States Marine combat veteran of both the Iraq and Afghan wars, and is currently living a peaceful yet exciting life out in the free world he helped preserve.

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  John Winton

  A former officer in the Royal Navy, John Pratt was the author of a variety of fiction and non-fiction works published under the pen name John Winton. Pratt also served for 14 years as an obituarist for The Daily Telegraph.

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  Glyn Haynie

  Glyn Haynie served for twenty years in the U.S. Army, retiring March 1, 1989. During his career, he served as an infantry squad leader, an infantry platoon sergeant, and later as a drill instructor, a first sergeant, and an instructor at the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA). He was awarded the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge while serving in Vietnam.
  
  After retirement, he completed his BS degree in Computer Information Systems and an MA in Computer Resources and Information Systems. He worked as a software engineer/project manager for eight years and then taught for Park University as a full-time in

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  Jonathan F. Vance

  Jonathan Vance holds the Canada Research Chair in Conflict and Culture in
  the Department of History at The University of Western Ontario. His books
  and articles include Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World
  War (1997), High Flight: Aviation and the Canadian Imagination (2002), A
  Gallant Company: The True Story of "The Great Escape" (2003), and Building
  Canada: People and Projects that Shaped the Nation (2006). He is currently
  researching the experience of rural Canada during the First World War.

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  F. Spencer Chapman

  Frederick 'Freddie' Spencer Chapman, DSO & Bar, ED was a British Army officer and veteran of World War II who became famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in the jungles of Japanese-occupied Malaya.
  Few men in the modern world have lived such an adventurous life as Lieutenant Colonel Chapman. He explored the frozen wastes of Greenland; he climbed among the high mountains of the Himalayas; in his time he was one of the few white men who had visited Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
  During the Second World War, he spent over three years behind the Japanese lines in the jungle of Malaya. He worked with brave Chinese and Malayans, harrying the Japanese across their lines of communication. He was often grievously ill; he was wounded at least thre

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  Robert Bowen

  Robert Bowen was drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, as World War II broke out, and soon after found himself storming ashore amid the chaos on Utah Beach, through unfamiliar terrain littered with minefields and hidden snipers. He was wounded during the Normandy campaign but went on to fight in Holland and the Ardennes, where he was captured and his "trip through hell" truly began.
  
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  G.H. White

  This author is a life long lover of books and learning with wide-reaching interests. His education inlets have been computer hardware and software, physics (Quantum preferred), engineering, but will consume info from many other sources. He has been a soldier, musician, salesman, computer engineering, educator, project manager, and more. His day to day interests can include playing musical interests, repairing old vehicles, and writing on various topics. He maintains a flash fiction blog https://ramblingsfromanunpavedmind.blog/
  His day to day goal is to learn something new each day.
  To live is to learn, to learn is to observe via listening, reading, doing.

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  Mark Giaconia

  Mark Giaconia served 20 years in the US Army Special Forces and Retired in 2011. He was born and raised in eastern Connecticut. He holds a B.A. in English Lit, and an M.S. in Software Engineering. Mark served in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, and Iraq, and after his postwar intellectual evolution he spent his last 8 years in the Army as what might be the world’s first Active Duty Green Beret Computer Scientist. Mark holds two awards for valor from combat actions in Iraq and Kosovo (Bronze Star with “V” and an ARCOM with “V” respectively). He successfully completed some of the toughest military training in the world, such as the Special Forces Qualification Course, Ranger School, Airborne and Jumpmaster School, Mountaineering schools, three dif

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  Don Bendell

  -Speaker and best-selling author of 30 books with over 3 million copies in print plus a successful feature film
  - Don just co-wrote a brand new book available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Select, soon available in print on Amazon (September, 2019). A self-help motivational memoir, it is entitled "Cowboy the F Up! How to be a Real Man in Today's World."
  -International Karate & Kickboxing Hall of Fame: 1995 inductee, Grandmaster Instructor in 5 martial arts
  - US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer, Vietnam disabled vet
  - Master of Science, Business - Leadership, Grand Canyon University, 2011
  Bachelor of Science, Business, Colorado Christian University, 1997
  - owns the Strongheart Ranch, Florence, Colorado
  - 6 children, 11 grandchildren, Marrie

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