A Pattern for Joint Operations: World War II Close Air Support, North Africa

THE AUTHOR

Daniel R. Mortensen, a historian with the Office of Air Force History, received his B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of California, Riverside, and a doctorate in 1976 from the University of Southern California (USC). He taught at several institutions in southern California, including USC, Pepperdine, and Loyola, and subsequently a course in aviation technology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Before coming to Washington in 1981, he served as deputy command historian of the Air Force Communications Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He specializes in the history of communications, aviation technology, and tactical aviation, and he has given papers on all these topics. In 1986 he was temporarily assigned to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, to write this study. Currently, he is completing a history of World War II tactical aviation for the Office of Air Force History.