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About the Author

Commander John E. Conant, USNR (Ret) was born and spent his youth on a farm near Mansfield, Ohio. He attended small rural elementary and high schools during the Great Depression. He worked his way through Ohio State University, graduating with a degree of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. In June 1941 he was commissioned an English in the US Naval Reserves. After graduation he went directly on active duty in the Navy. His first duty station was as Ship Superintendent supervising ship repairs and alterations in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. In the summer of 1944 he met and married Ann Cooke, the daughter of a prominent physician in Portsmouth, Virginia. In January 1945 he was transferred to the Pacific Fleet where he spent the remainder of World War II on the Staff Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet. He completed his active military service at the conclusion of the Korean conflict. During his civilian career he remained active in the Naval Reserves and was employed by several companies designing and building flight simulators during the “Cold War”, receiving two patents in that field. He retired in 1980 and spent three years aboard cruise ships sailing around the World eight times.