Special Guests

James D. Hornfischer- Author of Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

James Hornfischer will be our guest of honor and the keynoter for our Saturday evening event.

http://jameshornfischer.com

Hornfischer’s writing career has grown out of a lifelong interest in the Pacific war. He has appeared on television on The History Channel, Fox News Channel’s “War Stories with Oliver North” and C-SPAN’s “BookTV.” A frequent speaker on the subject of the war in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy, and the experience of America’s sailors in World War II, he frequently addresses veterans organizations, youth and civic groups, and professional naval organizations on the inspiring stories found in his books.

A native of Massachusetts, and a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Texas School of Law, Hornfischer is a member of the Naval Order of the United States, the Navy League, and was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry as an “Admiral in the Texas Navy.” A former New York book editor, Hornfischer is president of the literary agency Hornfischer Literary Management, located in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his wife and their three children.

Col Edward D Shames, US Army

Member of the 101st Airborne, 2/505 “Band of Brothers” and star of the book “Tonight We Die as Men” by Ian Gardner and Roger Day

Col Doug “Disco” Dildy, US Air Force (ret.)

Author of Dambusters - Operation Chastise 1943 in the Osprey “Raid” series and co-author of F-15 Eagle Engaged

David Bonk

Author of Trenton and Princeton 1776-77 and St Mihiel 1918 in the Osprey “Campaign” series