Robert C. Daniels--Author

Author of 1220 Days; the story of U.S. Marine Edmond Babler and his experiences in Japanese Prisoner of War Camps during World War II and several published military history articles.

 

                        

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My Current Research Projects

Read Some of My Published Articles:

Interview of a WWII Veteran

The Failures at Spion Kop

The Quality of the Combatants in the Black Hawk War

The Muslim Horde's Easy Invasion of Iberia

MacArthur's Failures in the Philippines

Failures of Democracy Led to the Rise of Communism during the Spanish Civil War

Hitler, Germany's Worst General

 

Robert C. Daniels

I grew up in Waupun, Wisconsin, during the 60's and 70's At age 18, after graduating from Waupun Senior High School with the class of 1976, I joined the U. S. Navy.  Upon retirement from the service as a Chief Petty Officer, I attended Tidewater Community College (TCC) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and then Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia, graduating with an AA in liberal arts and a BA in history/secondary education, respectively.  I have since received an MA in military studies from the American Military University (AMU), an on-line university out of Manassas Park, Virginia. 

After graduating from ODU and remembering as a youth listening to Edmond Babler talk about his ordeal as a Japanese held POW during WWII, I was inspired to write Ed's account using his own narrative, which he aptly entitled “1220 Days in Hell.”  I have also had six of my graduate papers published at www.militaryhistoryonline.com and am currently working on my next two books, tentatively entitled, World War II in Mid-America:  Experience from rural Mid-America during World War II and Voices from Wisconsin:  Memories from Wisconsin during World War II, as well as researching the Daniels family tree. 

My wife Rebecca and I live with our cherished pets in Chesapeake, Virginia, where I've been employed for the past nine years by the U.S. Coast Guard as a training specialist and schoolhouse manager.  I am very proud to add that my daughter, Brenda, is an active duty member of the Coast Guard and my son, Phillip, teaches first-grade in Florida, where his beautiful wife, Rhonda, works at a humane society.

Read about my current projects and published articles by selecting the links to the left.

I cordially invite all readers to correspond with me at rdaniels26@cox.net.

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