Jermann, Donald R.

Author Donald Jermann served as a U.S. naval officer in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was a founding member of the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor of the National Security Agency. He currently works as a part-time consultant to the Department of Defense. Long-time Civil War buffs, he and his wife have nine children, with whom they have spent countless weekends exploring Civil War battle sites in Maryland and Pennsylvania.