Robert P. Neilson The second son of George and Dorothy Neilson, Robert (Bob) Neilson, sixty-five, grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where the Neilsons lived not far from the family?s ancestral home of Medford, an old suburb of Boston. He moved with his parents to several states and Canada while his father built his career in marketing management. He graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, with a BA in liberal arts. He served two years in the United States Army, having been drafted during the Vietnam War, but served his tour in West Germany as a medic. After his release from the service, he obtained a teaching license at Brigham Young University and later earned a master's and specialist's degrees in educational administration. He was an elementary school teacher, elementary school principal, and an assistant superintendent for curriculum during a thirty-six-year career before retiring in 2014. Married to Joyce Elaine Haupt of Provo, Utah, Bob and Joyce raised five children and now have seven grandchildren. Bob loves gardening, history, and sometimes enjoys being handyman projects. Bob was always a history buff and has had a lifelong fascination with the enigmatic and mysterious human institution of war, especially World War II and the Civil War. He has written several unpublished personal histories and travelogues but stated unequivocally that A Bomber Pilot's Story is his most satisfying achievement of his life as a writer.