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? Member of the U.S. Naval Institute for 30 years, 2007 Naval History Author of the Year winner, contributor to Naval History magazine, as recent as the April 2010 issue, consultant for the HBO miniseries, The Pacific.
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Richard B. Frank, a Vietnam veteran, is the author of the award-winning book Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle (Random House, 1990), as well as Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (Random House, 1999) and MacArthur (2006), part of the Palgrave Great Generals series. A consultant for the HBO miniseries The Pacific, he is currently working on a narrative history trilogy about the Asian-Pacific war.