About the Author

Rod Carlson grew up in northern Minnesota, received a bachelor's degree in history from Principia College and an MBA from the University Of Virginia Darden School Of Business. He attended the 40th Marine Officer Candidate Class and The Basic School at Quantico and earned the wings of a naval aviator in the fall of 1967. In Vietnam he flew medevac, resupply and other missions in UH-34D and CH-46A helicopters from bases at Marble Mountain and Phu Bai and off the carrier USS Tripoli. While in-country, he was promoted to captain. Following that tour of duty, he was deployed aboard the carrier USS Guam and flew post-earthquake relief missions in the Andes Mountains. His stories have been published in newspapers as well as literary, military history and veteran publications.

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