The authors, Ronald Beach and Lee Pitts, are natives of Bremerton, Washington, and have been friends since childhood. Both are retired veterans of the US Army. Ronald Beach did his...ver maisThe authors, Ronald Beach and Lee Pitts, are natives of Bremerton, Washington, and have been friends since childhood. Both are retired veterans of the US Army. Ronald Beach did his twenty-four years in the military in the Armored Cavalry and Tank Battalions and eventually rose to the rank of command sergeant major (E9). Ron served a tour of combat duty in Vietnam in the Twenty-Fifth Division and later as a civilian volunteered as an advisor to the Eleventh Armored Cavalry during the first Gulf War on the M1 and M1A1 Tanks. Lee Pitts served as a combat engineer and was also in the Vietnam War and rose to the rank of first sergeant (E8) and retired after twenty years of service.ver menos