Rob Williams recently completed his PhD in History at The Ohio State University, researching the emergence, and development of a distinct “airborne” subculture during World War II and its influence on the U.S. Army during the Cold War. In a former life, he served as an infantryman and paratrooper with three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, he is married with two children, and resides in Columbus, Ohio. His work has been featured in Stars and Stripes, VFW Magazine, ARMY Magazine, and the Columbus Dispatch among others.