Rob Morris is a high school teacher and military historian who lives in Ammon, Idaho. His first book, 'Untold Valor: Forgotten Stories of American Bomber Crewmen over Europe in World War II' (Potomac, 2006), is now in its fifth printing and remains a popular book in the genre. Morris next...
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Rob Morris is a high school teacher and military historian who lives in Ammon, Idaho. His first book, 'Untold Valor: Forgotten Stories of American Bomber Crewmen over Europe in World War II' (Potomac, 2006), is now in its fifth printing and remains a popular book in the genre. Morris next co-wrote 'Combat Bombardier' with 95th Bomb Group bombardier Leonard Herman in 2007. In 2012, his seminal history of the WWII 95th Bomb Group, 'Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond' (Potomac 2012), commissioned by the Group, was published. In 2013 Morris added to his writing credits, including 'Untold Valor: World War Two in the Pacific' (Fonthill); 'The Battle of Gettysburg' (Instinctive); 'Presidents of the United States' (Instinctive); and 'The Civil War Chronicles (Instinctive). In 2014, Morris released 'Marinell' about a 339th Fighter Group P-51 Mustang . He then revised and expanded the original edition of Dan Culler's classic POW memoir 'Black Hole of Wauwilermoos' , giving it the new title, "Prisoner of the Swiss: A WWII Airman's Story". In September 2014 he published his first novel, 'I'll Be Seeing You' about the air war over Europe in World War Two. Morris was slowed in 2014 by cancer and further in 2015 when he lost the use of most of his left hand in an accident. He also underwent extensive radiation for a recurrence of cancer. His projects were thus pushed to Summer 2016.In 2016 he spent the summer ghost-writing the memoirs of legendary 18-year NFL lineman Ron "The Dancing Bear" McDole. More than a memoir, the book will paint a word portrait of what it was like to play in the Golden Age of both the AFL and the NFL. Morris also had a story published in the August 2016 issue of World War II History Magazine, about an Amphibious Engineer who landed on D-Day. Morris has also written numerous other magazine articles for Idaho Falls Magazine, and Dispatches: The Magazine of the Military Writers of America. He is the Grand Prize winner of the 2013 'A Novel Approach' Writing Contest sponsored by the Military Writers of America and writer Jack Woodville London. Morris contributed to the book '501 Jazz Greats'. He is a pilot, has been married for nearly 32years to the same girl (Geri), and together they have three children and eight grandchildren.Rob is a 1981 graduate of the University of Montana, Missoula. He has taught school for 31 years in Medicine Bow, Wyoming and Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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