Donald P de BrierDonald P. de Brier is an avid military historian with a legal and military background. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in history and was then commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Navy. He served aboard a US destroyer, with temorary additional duties on several military intelligence projects. He then graduated from University of Pennsylvania School of Law and began practicing law in a large New York law firm, which firm had once been chaired by a former Director of the CIA. The author later spent four years in London working for British Petroleum where he retained some of his connections to the British and US military intelligence. During his years of law practice, he was recognized as a leader in the recruitment, training, and advancement of women in law and business organizations. The author's father was a US lawyer who volunteered for the New Jersey National Guard in 1936. His Guard unit was called to active duty in September 1940. After the US entered WWII, he rose to become Inspector General of the US Army Air Force Training Command headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the largest command in the military establishment at that time. He assisted in the preparation of the treatise, "Experience of the Air Force in Individual Training during WWII." He was later awarded the Legion of Merit by the United States Air Force for his accomplishments. Read More Read Less