The late Harry J. Maihafer, a West Point graduate and retired U.S. Army colonel, held a master s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. He authored "War of Words: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Press; The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana; Oblivion: The Mystery of West Point Cadet Richard Cox"; and "Brave Decisions: Moral Courage From the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm".