Dahlonega
Literary Festival
An Annual Celebration of Readers, Writers, and Books
JasonWetzel and Kathryn Roe Coker
Jason Wetzel has an MA in education and history from Georgia State University. The bulk of his working life was in telecommunications, with side forays as a high school teacher and a Department of the Army historian. His interest is World War II history. He was bon in Australia during World War II. His mother was an Australian war bride, and he is an Australian war baby. Dahlonega, Georgia is home.
Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker received a doctorate in history from the University of South Carolina. She served for thirty years as a historian for the Department of the Army (DA). Her interest in World War II POWs began at Fort Gordon while serving as the deputy command historian. She has published various articles in professional journals like the Georgia Historical Quarterly. While a DA historian, she published numerous books and pamphlets, including A History of Fort Gordon, World War II Prisoners of War in Georgia: Camp Gordon's POWs and The Indispensable Force: The U.S. Army Reserve (1990-2010). Se now resides in Richmond, Virginia with her Miniature Schnauzer and Puggle.
The U.S. Army Combat Historian and Combat History Operations World War I to the Vietnam War
The U.S. Army's historical programs during combat operations from World War I to the Vietnam War, with particular attention on the combat historians --- those individuals deployed to a theater of war with the mission of documenting combat actions for current and future historical use.
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