Gary Bloomfield was Army Journalist of the Year in 1976, Managing Editor for VFW magazine, and Senior Editor for Faces of Victory Europe and Faces of Victory Pacific. He is the author of Maxims of General Patton; I Will Be an American Someday Soon; and Duty, Honor, Victory: America's Athletes in WWII; and co-author of Duty, Honor, Applause: America's Entertainers ... Read morein WWII. He lives in south Kansas City, Missouri. Since his father was a career officer in the military, Michael Richards spent most of his childhood moving from place to place around the world. Having finished high school in Stuttgart, Germany, he then attended his first year of college in Munich, and transferred back to the United States to attend the University of Missouri. Upon graduation, Michael taught for 30 years, all the while doing graphic design, photography and political consultation on the side. Although he retired from teaching 10 years ago, he is busier now than when he taught full time. Show Less