Author Rudy Sikora is an emigrant from Poland. In 1949 he entered the United States of America, served for 20 years in the United States Army, gaining citizenship of the United States of America in 1954. After serving in the Army on assignment to Germany, Korea, and Vietnam, Rudy was honorably discharged as a Chief Warrant Officer. He served for four years as a contract specialist for the District Government and sixteen years as Contracting Officer for the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.