Robert D. EldridgeRobert D. Eldridge is currently the deputy assistant chief of staff, G-5, Marine Corps Bases Japan, and was a tenured associate professor at the School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, in Osaka, Japan, from 2001-2009. He earned his P.D. in Japanese political and diplomatic history at Kobe University. He lives in Kawanishi City, Hyogo, Japan. Charles Tatum was born in 1926 in Tulsa, OK and joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1939. He served in the Marines until 1945 and fought in the Battle if Iwo Jima. He is the author of Red Blood, Black Sand. He now resides in Stockton, CA Read More Read Less