Gemma is the daughter of creative and entrepreneurial first generation Italian/American parents. Growing up as the youngest of 4 and spending her youth working in the family restaurant business, she learned a lot about business and people. After graduating college, she enjoyed a career in commodity futures trading for 19 years while living in Manhattan and Chicago. On a snowy evening visiting her sister, she met the man of her dreams. Soon after, Gemma relocated and married Mike off the 18th hole on Pebble Beach in Monterey, California. She happily and creatively lives in southeastern Pennsylvania and writes about people and circumstances. After meeting and becoming friends with John over these past 18 years, Gemma was and remains impressed with his military stories about his heroism and that of his military brothers. She felt compelled to put his words to print, and to share with others who wore the uniform, who served, and who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our freedom. "Jungle Combat" : A Combat Pilot’s Tape Recorded Transcripts from Vietnam 1968-1969 is her debut novel. https://www.AuthorGemma.com