The author has lived through WWII as a child and he was in the middle of the conflict. At the age of eighteen, he was a master gunsmith and he worked in Austria and in England in this field. In the United States he served in the US Army. After his honorable discharge, he worked in industry. At the same time, he received his degree in mechanical engineering. His career spanned from a toolmaker to engineer to supervisor and manager. Lastly, he taught technical subjects in State College, PA, at South Hills School of Business and Technology. Now he writes fiction and science fiction novels.