Tank Gunner is the pen name of award winning author and retired, cavalry trooper, Senior Parachutist, and Jumpmaster. He was awarded a Combat Infantry Badge and decorated with a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars, one for Valor, and a Purple Heart. He answered the call to duty and stood in harm's way during two combat tours in the Republic of Vietnam, first with Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division and later with Troop D, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. He served his nation with pride and honor for more than a quarter of a century as an enlisted soldier and officer. Tank wrote and published Prompts a collection of stories at age 76, Prompts Too another collection of stories at 77, Cookie Johnson, his Vietnam historical fiction novel, at 78, his immensely popular WWII historical fiction novel Palomino, at 79, and Porky Baycann, his WWII historical fiction novel and companion to Palomino, at 80. He and his wife live with Toby, 100 miles southwest of Palomino. Scroll down to Tank's five books.