James E. Hart

Born in Texas in 1948, and raised in Utah and California, James returned to Texas following high school graduation and joined the US Navy in 1966. As a 3rd Class Operations Specialist, he worked in the Combat Information Center aboard the USS Ticonderoga CVA 14, and did two tours of duty in Viet Nam. Having previously attained his Life Scout designation, he returned to Scouting following his military career. He served as Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Venture Advisor, and earned the Badden Powell Award. An avid outdoorsman, he has winter camped in Utah and Northern Quebec, Canada, Snowshoed in Upstate New York, Utah, and Quebec, and camped in the Mojave Desert of California, the Uintah Mountains of Utah, and the Piney Woods of East Texas, among numerous other locations. James has traveled and been through 42 of the 50 states of the U.S., three provinces of Canada, sailed the Pacific Ocean, and crossed the Equator. Having earned an Associates of Photography Degree from Houston Community College, he has beautifully captured many of his travels with his camera. In 2014 he won the North Texas Region Competition part of the National Veterans Administration Creative Arts Competition for Short Story, for his entry based on his historical novel he is

currently writing.