William H. Northacker

Lieutenant Colonel William H. Northacker, Special Forces, U.S. Army (Retired), Master of Science in Education, Robert Edgar Award in Social Studies from the City University of New York (Queens College), inducted into the Graduate School International Honor Society in Education Kappa Delta Pi. Advanced studies in World War II at Harvard University, nautical history and ship management at the New York Maritime College. The novels, screenplays and magazine articles I write are intended to make you feel as if you were in the war action yourself and hope to be so convincing that you forget you are reading and instead feel that you have been transported to another place and time. Many readers have reported after the fact that is indeed how they felt. People describe it as experiencing the story first-hand, rather than reading it. Nothing delights me more than hearing comments like this. Before writing a new work, every detail is heavily researched to ensure the accuracy of events. In some cases, travel to the actual battlefields results in mapping out the phases of the engagements for inclusion in the books. Nautical navigation and hydrographic charts, maneuvering boards, topographic, and air navigation charts are also used. Other resources include primary documents in archives, research libraries, regimental records, antique books and maps, oral history interviews, and manuscript collections. Whenever possible, actual technical data, procedures, and practices are employed to create the actual historical piece or fictional work. This makes the finished product even more realistic and believable. My personal military career experiences during service in the U.S. Army Special Forces, the Air National Guard Rescue Service, and as a Navy civilian add to the authenticity of the stories. What is produced "here" puts the reader "there" in the air, on the ground, or on or under the sea with all the senses engaged. Whether pressed by the urgency of combat or battling monolithic barriers of red tape, the reader will experience the action from the first to the last word.