Roger D. Evans's connection to World War II history is deeply personal. Born into a military family, his father served with the US Army's Fourth Infantry Division in France and Germany, experiencing the brutal winter of the 1944 Hürtgen Forest campaign. This legacy fueled Roger's own service in the US Marine Corps and a lifelong, intensive study of the Holocaust and World War II. A retired NTSB investigator, he has dedicated years to investigating and researching the World War II era, including extensive travel to historical sites throughout Europe. This novel is the culmination of that passionate inquiry. He and his wife Cindy live in Arizona.