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About the Author
William Weir, an army MP, became an army combat correspondent and photographer with the 25th Infantry Division and the 27th “Wolfhound” Regiment during the Korean War. After leaving the army, he was a newspaper reporter in Missouri and Kansas and was, among other things, the military editor of the Topeka State Journal. Later, as a public relations specialist with a large telephone company, he became a freelance writer. He has written more than 50 articles, mostly on crime, weaponry, and military affairs, and has written eight previous books, two of which, 50 Weapons that Changed the World and Soldiers in the Shadows, have been published by New Page Books. He and his wife, Anne, live in Guilford, Connecticut, where they proudly watch the achieve-ments of their three children: Alison, an Air Force lieutenant colonel now serving as a U.S. Supreme Court fellow; Joan, a special education teacher and the mother of their granddaughter, Emma; and Bill, a reporter for the Hartford Courant.
