- Paperback: 235 pages
- Publisher: MA/AH Pub (1981)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0891261001
- ISBN-13: 978-0891261001
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,785,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Earl (Walter Earl) Pittman is the son of a career naval officer who grew up in many places in the US and overseas. He served in the Army, Navy and Air Force, active and reserve, for nearly 40 years beginning as an enlisted man in the Army's Special Forces in 1954-5 and retiring as an Air Force Lt Colonel fron U.S. Special Operations Command in 1993 after being recalled to duty during the Gulf War.
Trained as an historian, Earl earned BA, MA. and PhD degrees and also earned three degrees in chemistry,physics and geology. As a Professor of history he published over 80 articles and papers and 5 books in military history and the history of technology. Retired, he served as President of the Fort Stanton Preservation group that saved the old cavalry Fort, began its restoration and spearheaded the successful effort to create the Fort Stanton State Monument.He aslo serves as President of the Boots and Saddles Foundation and on the Boards of the Lincoln County Historical Society,and the New Mexico Military History Society.
Retired after 40 years as a Professor of History,Earl lives in Roswell New Mexico in a restored, classic adobe house with his wife Kathleen, an Associate Professor at Eastern New Mexico University. They cohabit with 3 dogs and 2 cats and pray that no other strays will wander up.
Earl is completing "Rebels In the Rockies; Confederate Irregular Warfare in the West," a lengthy study of CSA clandestine operations due out in 2012.
