Fun living near Air National Guard

Just heard and saw two MV-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft fly over our house! They look like this. Not my pic, sad to say. Incredibly loud!

More research fun for Sgt. Dunn Novel #23

You may already know that the M46 Patton tank was used in the Korean War. But what happens when a tank is disabled, but not destroyed, on the battlefield? That's where our friend the M32 TRV (tank recovery vehicle) comes in handy.

Of course, these guys couldn't just wander out on the battlefield by themselves. That's where Captain Tom Dunn and Ranger Fox Company are needed.

M32 TRV - Ft. Knox

M32 TRV in action

Happy autumn!

Wonderous colors await you.

Captain Tom Dunn loves autumn!

Behind German Lines – Sgt. Dunn Novels Book #2 is now available on Audible

Hello Sgt. Dunn readers,

I’m thrilled to announce that Behind German Lines – Sgt. Dunn Novels Book #2 is now available on Audible.

I realize you may have read the book some time ago, but I wanted to share the news with you in case you’d enjoy listening to the book, narrated by the talented J. Scott Bennett. He really brings our favorite characters to life complete with terrific accents for our British friends like Malcolm Saunders and German enemies like Albert Speer.
 
Even if you’re not interested in the audio book, perhaps you know someone who might be.
 
In any event, thank you for your support!
 
Behind German Lines – Sgt. Dunn Novels Book #2 – Audible version
 
Warmest regards,

Ronn

Description

Sgt. Tom Dunn and his special mission squad of lethal U.S. Army Rangers are back in France fighting the Nazis. Behind German Lines begins in July 1943, when the Nazis unleash a new battlefield weapon near Kursk, Russia, during the greatest tank battle in history. The weapon’s catastrophic and unexpected side-effects force the scientists back to the drawing board. Picking up just eight days after Operation Devil's Fire ends in late June 1944, we find Dunn and his men parachuting into the Cotentin Peninsula fifty miles west of Normandy Beach on another special strike mission whose outcome could affect the Allies’ attempt to finally breakout of Normandy’s bocage country.

Meanwhile, since the Allies have learned the hard way that the Nazi’s concrete submarine pens are bomb-proof, Sgt. Malcolm Saunders and his rugged British Commandos are on their way by submarine across the North Sea to attack the pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. What Saunders finds leads his squad and him into a deadly confrontation with a dangerous enemy who has terrible plans for the United States. After Dunn and his squad return to France on another Top Secret mission, they discover a Nazi plot to use the new and improved battlefield weapon near Caen, right on the front line! With the fate of the western front unexpectedly and terrifyingly in his hands, Dunn and his men race across occupied France to stop the Germans.

With his usual thrilling pace, Munsterman takes the listener onto the battlefields of Russia, France, and Germany, showing life and death, and victory and defeat during World War II.

Happy Birthday, United States Air Force

Today we celebrate the 79th birthday of the United States Air Force, 18 September 1947, which was signed into life by President Harry S. Truman.

9/11

Remembering those who died on 9/11/2001, and those who helped others survive, 25 years ago today.

Research fun for Sgt. Dunn Novel #23

As you may remember, I love doing the research for the Sgt. Dunn novels. Usually, it's a location, weapon or a vehicle I'm looking up. This time it was a deer. Not just any deer, but a Korean Water deer.

Why? you're wondering.

Well. I have researched animals before. Polar bears (Sword of Ice), and poisonous snakes in France (Capture), and possibly others I don't recall right now.

In the book I'm writing, sd23, a Water deer makes an apperance. So naturally I needed to learn a little bit about these guys. And they are litle, standing about two feet tall at the shoulder.

What's interesting about them, besides being in a Dunn novel, is that males don't grow antlers. Instead, they grow fangs from their upper gums. Check out the picture below. Look closely.

When they fight for territory, they use these fangs to fight each other off.

Be sure to watch out for this guy when you read sd23 down the road. Possibly Dunn or one of his men may refer to this little deer as the "vampire deer."

Water deer