Category: Authors and Experts

Leon Uris

author

Hugh W. Hardy

pioneer of the 3D seismic method

Elizabeth Moon

award-winning fantasy and science fiction author

Eugene Sledge

author of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, basis in part for Ken Burns’ World War II documentary

Eugene Stoner

designer of the AR-15 rifle, adopted by the US military as the M-16

Gustav Hasford

Full Metal Jacket was based on his book and experience in Vietnam.

Courtney Ryley Cooper

writer

Donald E. McQuinn

author of military and science fiction

Charles Portis

author, best known for True Grit[188]

Charles W. Henderson

“Goodnight Saigon” non-fiction award winner; served in Vietnam.