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Speaking Engagements

“John Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press”

Luna Middle School, San Antonio, Texas

October 19, 2018

“Lexington and Concord” 

Northwest Colonial Festival, George Washington Inn, Port Angeles, Washington

August 10-12, 2018

“George Washington’s Leadership”

Clark County Sons of the American Revolution

October 21, 2017

“George Washington and His Generals”

Northwest Colonial Festival, George Washington Inn, Port Angeles, Washington

August 10-11, 2017

Dispatches: Episode 6 Jeff Dacus 

Journal of the American Revolution, Dispatches Podcast

March 19, 2019

"Not Just Old Dead White Men-Generals in the Revolutionary War

Sirius/XM interview, Dave Nemo Show

April 5, 2019

"Predator: A Marine Tank Company at War"

Vancouver Historical Trust Talk Series

April 18, 2019

"Hugh Mercer Symposium"Mercersburg Academy campus, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

June 13, 2019

“Lexington and Concord” 

Northwest Colonial Festival, George Washington Inn, Port Angeles, Washington

August 8-11, 2019

Published Work

“Bravo Company at War,” Armor 

September/October 1991, 9

Benson Lossing: Historical Tourist, Journal of the American Revolution 

June 10, 2013 

Charles Lee: Gift of Controversy, Journal of the American Revolution

December 2, 2013

“The Siege that saved Quebec,” Journal of the American Revolution

January 20, 2014

“Lee’s Defeat…in Court,” Journal of the American Revolution,

March 17, 2014

“General Who?” Journal of the American Revolution

March 4, 2015

“Brigadier General De Haas: A Bad Example to Others," Journal of the American Revolution 

April 1, 2015

A Gift for General Washington, Journal of the American Revolution,

July 16, 2015

The Neglected Andrew Lewis,Journal of the American Revolution

September 28, 2015

Tench Tilghman: George Washington’s Eyes and Ears, Journal of the American Revolution

January 27, 2016

“The Reveille Engagement,” Leatherneck, Magazine of the Marines 

September 2016, 32-35

Continental Generals: Backgrounds and Fates, Journal of the American Revolution

October 16, 2016

Hugh Mercer: Doctor and Warrior, Journal of the American Revolution

January 24, 2017

“Continental Generals: Backgrounds and Fates,” and “Tench Tilghman: George Washington’s Eyes and Ears,” reprinted in Journal of the American Revolution: Annual Volume 2017, Westholme, Yardley, Pennsylvania, pp. 128-136, 310-314

“Robert Hanson and the Fighting Corsairs,” Leatherneck: Magazine of the Marines

June, 2017, 36-41

Contributor Close Up: Jeff Dacus, Journal of the American Revolution

May 19, 2017

General Parsons and the Tory,Journal of the American Revolution

January 23, 2018, 

General Washington’s Marines,” Leatherneck Magazine

March, 2018

Pell’s Point: John Glover Saves Washington’s Army.Journal of the American Revolution

June 12, 2018

The Glorious Career and Unfortunate Death of John Laurens, Journal of the American Revolution

September 11, 2018

Conflict on the Korean Peninsula - 1871 Leatherneck Magazine

December, 2018

"Stephen Moylan: More than a War Hero," Journal of the American Revolution

December 4, 2018

No Glory at Penobscot Bay, Leatherneck Magazine

February, 2019

Don't Strafe Kahili!, Leatherneck Magazine

March, 2019

"James Willing and The Mississippi Expedition," Journal of the American Revolution

April 18, 2019

The Grand Old Man and the Plug Uglies,” Leatherneck Magazine,

May 2019

Gunpowder, the Bahamas, and the first Marine killed in action.” Journal of the American Revolution, May 2, 2019

“The Americans Have Hoisted Their Standard of Liberty at Salem,” Journal of the American Revolution, October 22, 2019

“Marines in the Revolutionary War,” Leatherneck Magazine,
December, 2019

“Misguided National Ambition and the Death of Captain John Williams,” 

Leatherneck Magazine, March, 2020

The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Misfortune: The Fall of Fort Motte, Journal of the American Revolution, March 19, 2020

The Day the General Cried,” Leatherneck, May, 2020

Inventory of a Life,” Military Collector & Historian, Journal of the Company of Military Historians, Vol. 72, No.2, Summer, 2020

The Tower of Victory, Journal of the American Revolution,

June 24, 2020

“You Have 3 Minutes,” Leatherneck Magazine,

July 2020

"James Willing and The Mississippi Expedition,” reprinted in Journal of the American Revolution: Annual Volume 2020, Westholme, Yardley, Pennsylvania, pp. 132-136

Commando Raid: Okinawa!” Leatherneck,” Leatherneck Magazine,

September 2020, 56-59

Medal of Honor in a Borrowed Airplane,” Leatherneck Magazine,

October 2020, 60-63

We Need 150 More John Smiths!,” Leatherneck Magazine,

May 2021, 18-23

That a General Be Appointed to Command, Journal of the American Revolution,

July 22, 2021

From Flying Barrel to Medal of Honor: The Incredible Combat Career of Marine Corps Ace Robert Galer, Air Classics Magazine, January 2022

The Diving Devil Dogs of Luzon, Leatherneck Magazine,

March 2022, 24-31

John Cadwalader, Twice Refuses to be a General,” Journal of the American Revolution, September 13, 2022

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