John Sandifer is a career broadcast journalist who writes and paints in retirement. He and his wife Kiki, live alternately in Seattle, WA, and Buckeye, Arizona. Sandifer loves historical research and has authored two previous books. One is a Civil War story featuring his great-great grandfather, who fought with his father and four brothers in Mississippi. It is entitled "Tracking T.J." The other, more recent book, looks back at Patton's Third Army in WWII and its 90th Infantry Division, called "The Tough Ombres." John follows a favorite uncle, a dog soldier named "Sarge Goodson" through his ba...