Born in Maryland Michael attended Gettysburg College and was a member of their famous acapella choir. Lack of funds forced him to withdraw in his senior year and with the draft loaming enlisted in ...view moreBorn in Maryland Michael attended Gettysburg College and was a member of their famous acapella choir. Lack of funds forced him to withdraw in his senior year and with the draft loaming enlisted in the Army completing three distinguished years with numerous commendations as a Sergeant E-5 Paratrooper and Recondo with the 101st Airborne Division. He completed a degree in music from the University of Maryland spending eleven years with the Rand McNally College Publishing Company, leaving as the Western Sales Manager. He has worked in sales and management with such companies as ITT Information Systems, Dictaphone Corporation, AST Research, the Branch Group and AIG. His publications include “Your Basic Peddler” and “Paratrooper,” a memoir that included his parachuting with Iranian paratroopers during the little-known Operation Delawar in 1964 and herewith published book three of “The Life of an Airborne Ranger, Everyone Comes Home.” He has also published numerous articles in military and association magazines on the Airborne School and Recondo School, Operation Delawar and on Just War Theory and Rules of Engagement. He is retired, living with his wife on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.view less