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Charles GibbLloyd King | Tony Lazzarini

Andrew Lubin | Larry Purcell | Jim Stewart

 

Charles Gibb brings substantial combat and literary experience to MWSA.

Upon joining the Navy at age 17, he saw action in both WW2 and Korea, and then led a Beach Jumpers unit in spec ops land missions in Vietnam. Twice decorated, Lt Gibb was awarded both the Navy Achievement Medal, as well as the Navy Commendation Medal with a "V" for valor in combat. He was the Operations Officer for the Navy's Special Forces Group, Pacific.

After his Navy service, Chuck earned a Master of Public Administration, as well as a PhD in Human Behavior. He's the author of two books: "The Gold Buckle" and "Murder on the Cocktail Circuit," and is currently working on finishing a screenplay version of "The Gold Buckle." A California resident, he's married to Yvonne.

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Lloyd King is a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, counting a Silver Star and two Purple Hearts among his commendations.  In 2006 he published an anthology of his poems entitled "From 'Nam with Love," which received the MWSA Gold Medal for best poetry book.  Lloyd currently resides in Louisiana, and reviews poetry books for MWSA.

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Tony Lazzarini served two tours in Vietnam with the 25th Aviation, "A" Company  "Little Bear"  Assault helicopter company and flew over 250 missions as a door gunner.  He is the author of two award winning books and a national prize wining stage play.  He is working on film documentaries and just completed serving as President of the Military Writers Society of America in December of 2008.

 

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Andrew Lubin is a journalist and author who writes on the military, international relations, and economics. Having embedded 5 times with the Marines in Iraq, Beirut, Afghanistan and Okinawa, Andrew is able to combine his months of work with our troops with his knowledge and expertise in writing when working with MWSA.  He is the author of "Charlie Battery; A Marine Artillery Unit in Iraq," for which he won a 2007 MWSA Gold Medal Award.  You can read his work at www.andrewlubin.com.

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Larry Purcell’s writing has paralleled his business career in the high tech arena. It has included countless articles, series and short stories as a freelancer, and assignments as a newspaper columnist and journalist. Purcell has also served as editor-in-chief of a fine arts magazine, managing editor of several technology magazines, and editor/publisher of various newsletters, covering subjects ranging from computer graphics to sports cars.

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Jim Stewart is a retired cop who spent four years in Vietnam, arriving in September of 1966 as a Military Policeman for two years. Jim returned to Vietnam and worked two more years as a civilian, returning stateside in July of 1970.  He's the author of "The Angel from Vietnam" and resides in the desert of Southern California.  Jim has his own website, www.geocities.com/militarypoliceofvietnam.

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