Michael A. Eggleston

Michael A. Eggleston

14011 Hunter Hill Lane

Nokesville, Virginia 20181

maeggleston@comcast.net

11 February 2023

Summary. Born and raised in Minnesota. Thirty year’s service in the U.S. Army and twenty years’ experience in industry retiring as a Senior Director.

Education.

Summer Study Program, National University of Ireland, Galway, June-July 2010.

M.A., George Mason University, History, May 2010.

M.S., University of Colorado, Telecommunications Engineering, Thesis: Automated Network Management, 1975.

B.S., U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York, Military Science, 1961.

Employment.

U.S. Army, 1954-1986. Service included two tours in Vietnam (1965-1966 and 1970-1971); Europe; Central America; Pentagon; White House (National Security Council); and Staff and Faculty, USMA.

Industry, 1986-2006. Support to the military services in Science and Technology engineering.

2008 - Present. Author.

Publications/Books.

Out of Chaos, “The Broken-Down Barn” (Fiction), 2008.

10th Minnesota Volunteers, McFarland & Company Publishers, 2012.

The White Man's Fight, Author House, 2012.

North South Magazine, "Fighting the Sioux," 2012.

President Lincoln's Recruiter, General Lorenzo Thomas and the United States Colored Troops in the Civil War, McFarland & Company Publishers, 2013.

Exiting Vietnam, The Era of Vietnamization and American Withdrawal Revealed in First-Person Accounts, McFarland & Company Publishers, 2014.

The 5th Marine Devil Dogs in World War I, McFarland & Company Publishers, 2016.

Indochina in the Year of the Goat – 1967, “The Border Battles,” Vietnam Veterans for Factual History, 2016.

Dak To and the Border Battles of Vietnam, McFarland & Company Publishers, 2017.

One Man’s Traitor is Another’s Patriot, George Washington and Robert Rogers, CreateSpace, 2017.

Operation Hannibal, The Evacuation of Eastern Prussia & the Disaster at Sea, 1945, CreateSpace, 2017.

Professional Affiliations.

Member, Association of Graduates, USMA.

Member, Minnesota Historical Society.

Member, Phi Theta Kappa, NVCC.

Member, Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha-Gamma-Upsilon Chapter.

Member, Sons of the American Revolution.

Member, Ancient Order of Hibernians