Tank Gunner is the pen name of a retired combat cavalry trooper, Senior Parachutist, and Jumpmaster awarded a Combat Infantry Badge and decorated with a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars – one for Valor – and a Purple Heart. He served his nation with pride and honor for more than a quarter-century as an enlisted soldier and officer. An award-winning author and speaker, Tank wrote and published PROMPTS a collection of stories at age 76; PROMPTS TOO another collection of stories at 77; COOKIE JOHNSON, his Vietnam historical fiction novel of love and war at 78; PALOMINO, Tank's immensely popular WWII historical fiction novel at 79; PORKY BAYCANN, a coming-of-age, adolescent friendship, and WWII historical fiction novel – and companion to Palomino – at 80; THE REDEEMER, his powerful drama of love, conflict, and redemption on the eve of WWII – a companion to Palomino and Porky Baycann – at 81; REVEREND RIPPLE$ BUILDING FUND, a historical fiction story of a pretend preacher with a dishonest past, at 82; RIGORS of REVENGE, the tale of a retired soldier, harboring revenge for 50 years, returning to Vietnam to find and kill a murderous enemy, at 83; and, LUCINDA JONES – the story of a young woman coming to work in the Palomino Press at the onset of the Korean War, in June 1950 – fourth in the series with The Redeemer, Palomino, and Porky Baycann, at age 84. He and his wife live with Cody, 100 miles southwest of Palomino.