David Kenyon Webster Author

David Kenyon Webster worked as a reporter and writer after the war. The Saturday Evening Post published a brief portion of his memoir, but book publishers rejected his manuscript, seeking sensationalized novels of the war rather than authentic memoirs. He died in 1961 in a boating accident while shark fishing.

Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002), was Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and author of many biographies and histories, including D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II and Upton and the Army.