Dale Lee Sumner

ABOUT DALE LEE SUMNER, THE CIVIL WAR NOVELIST:

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Dale was born and reared in a very Navy family. His father was a retired Avionics Chief Petty Officer, and his mother was a Yeoman Third Class Petty Officer during WWII. His brother was a Navy SEAL. (All three are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.) Dale retired from the U.S. Navy as a Commander (O-5).

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While stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma, Arizona, as a young Navy enlisted man (E-4), he experienced the unusual privilege of being awarded the station’s highest honor of "Marine of the Month." A close association with the Marines continued throughout the rest of his career.

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In 1996, Dale and Robert O. Wagner Jr. co-founded the first Civil War Federal Marine Re-enacting unit, “U.S. Marine Detachment, Washington Navy Yard, 1859-1865”.

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He and his wife currently reside in Middle Georgia.

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THE FORGOTTEN MARINES: "Prelude to Civil War, Harper's Ferry - October 1859" is volume one in an expected series of five about the Marines of our Civil War.

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ABOUT DALE LEE SUMNER, THE RV TECH and TEACHER:

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Dale is a retired RVIA/RVDA Master Certified RV Service Technician and former President of Mobile RV Medic, Inc.

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He has over fifty-five years of experience using and living in RV's (including more than ten years of recent “full-time” RVing), conducting a successful business of repairing RVs, and also specializing in educating the RV owners.

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And…Dale loves to teach what he writes! He has been conducting information seminars at major RV rallies since 2004. His first RV “Primer” book, “SHORE POWER,” was originally published in 2005. It has experienced many reprintings and is now offered as an updated Fifth Edition.

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His goal is to provide as many RVers as possible with a solid, baseline understanding of the different functional areas in their recreational vehicle.

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Dale’s writing and teaching styles are educational, yet casual and entertaining. He writes and teaches in an uncomplicated, non-technical fashion so every reader can easily become familiar with the subject(s).