Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr. holds a bachelor's degree in world military history and a master's degree in global history. He is a former command historian with the U.S. Army's 28th Infantry Division and works today as a contributor to a variety of magazines and on-line publications. Accompanied by his wife, Bonnie, he has traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, and North Africa, and has visited World War I and World War II battefields of Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, and France.