World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945 (Major Battles & Campaigns)
Carlo D'Este was born in Oakland, California in 1936.  He graduated from Norwich University, Vermont, in 1958, and he holds a master's degree from the University of Richmond.  He joined the Army as a second lieutenant in 1958, graduated from the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1974, and retired in the grade of lieutenant colonel in 1978.  His books includeDecision in Normandy(1983) andBitter Victory: the Battle for Sicily, 1943(1988).  He has a book forthcoming on the Anzio landings, and is now at work on a biography of George Patton.  He is married to the former Shirley Ann Clark, and lives in New Seabury, Massachusetts.