"I'm a notoriously slow writer. I'll spend an entire day on a paragraph, you know, making sure that that paragraph is everything I want it to be," he says. "When I read that bin, in my mind, I was like, he read this, he found this passage somewhere and like all of a sudden like that spurred this entire book." The author's grandfather took him to Civil War battlefields every year during his fall break as a child.
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Ben Milligan, author of By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs, joins Joe to discuss the history of the Navy SEALs, how they influenced special operations in the US Military, and why their history matters today. Ben also shares his inspirational story of how he researched and wrote this book (his first one) while working a full-time job and raising a family.
Ben Milligan became a US Navy SEAL in 2001 and served until 2009. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star and other awards. A native of Indianapolis, he received a BA in History at Purdue University and an MA in International Relations at the University of San Diego. He currently lives in the Chicago area with his three sons. This is his first book.