Tye Po BluddTy Poe Bludd is a retired Master Sergeant who served as a Helicopter mechanic on H-3 Jolly Green Giant, H-53 Super Jolly helicopters, and was a Flying Crew Chief on MH-53 Pave-Low helicopters. Many of the sensations he experienced during scary situatons were drawn upon to add a personal level of realism to James' descriptions of the terror he sometimes had to endure. The author has a degree in history, and he deeply researched the Civil War to ensure the places and events are described as accurately as can be determined. As it often is with momentous events, accounts from the Civil War differ, sometimes massively, and a lot of data must be sorted through to determine what most likely really occurred. To this day people still argue over minor aspects of large battles, so the author takes comfort in the knowledge every bit of this book could have happened, even if some of it never did. Read More Read Less