Reared in Northern Indiana, Jack Nolan worked for a time at US Steel Corporation, Gary Works, as did his father and grandfather.
He was graduated by Ball State University in 1965 and taught for a year before serving three years in Army Intelligence. From 1967 to 1970, he was stationed at Fort Holabird Intelligence School in Baltimore and then with bilateral operations in Can Tho and Saigon before returning stateside. He was assigned to the 531st MI Company, Fort Meade, but lived with his friends in College Park, near the University of Maryland campus.
He was awarded a doctorate in history by Columbia University in 1976, then enjoyed teaching great students at University High School in Tucson, Arizona.
Jack lives with his wife, Pat, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he is happy to receive e-mails from readers, friends, former students, daughters Kathleen and Heather, grandsons Ian, Ben and Django and studio-heads at vietnam.remix..
