About the Author

Dr. Gary Weir, a leading expert on submarines, is Historian of Science and Technology at the U.S. Naval Historical Center, and Adjunct Professor of History, University of Maryland. He is author of several books including Building America's Submarines 1914-1940, a Naval Institute Notable Book of 1991. He lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Walter Boyne, former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, enlisted as a private in the United States Air Force in 1951 and retired in 1974 as a Colonel. His non-fiction books include The Smithsonian Book of Flight, The Leading Edge, Weapons of Desert Storm, and Boeing B-52: A Documentary History; his fiction includes The Wild Blue (with Steven Thompson), Trophy for Eagles, Eagles at War, and Air Force Eagles. He lives in Ashburn, Virginia. Dr. Gary Weir, a leading expert on submarines, is Historian of Science and Technology at the U.S. Naval Historical Center, and Adjunct Professor of History, University of Maryland. He is author of several books including Building America's Submarines 1914-1940, a Naval Institute Notable Book of 1991. He lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Walter Boyne, former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, enlisted as a private in the United States Air Force in 1951 and retired in 1974 as a Colonel. His non-fiction books include The Smithsonian Book of Flight, The Leading Edge, Weapons of Desert Storm, and Boeing B-52: A Documentary History; his fiction includes The Wild Blue (with Steven Thompson), Trophy for Eagles, Eagles at War, and Air Force Eagles. He lives in Ashburn, Virginia.