Ned Handy

About the Author

Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, Ned Handy served in the Air Force through World War II. After graduation from MIT he worked as a city planner in the U.S. and overseas, retiring three years ago. A lifelong writer, Handy joined with friend and author Kemp Battle to tell this WWII story. He and his wife, Margaret, live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their daughter, Jenifer, and her husband live nearby. Kemp Battle, a corporate strategist and management consultant, is also the author of Great American Folklore and Hearts of Fire. A father of four, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.