Trest, Warren

Warren Trest is a former United States Air Force senior historian. He was a combat reporter and air power historian in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Cold War. Serving with the Third Infantry Division in Korea, he received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star while reporting on the war.

During his thirty-plus years as a military historian, he authored and coauthored more than 50 histories and studies. He spent two years in Southeast Asia with Project CHECO (Current Historical Examination of Combat Operations) writing and researching special studies on the air war, for which he received the