Curators Distinguished Professor of History

John C. McManus Curators’ Distinguished Professor of History

Education Ph.D., History, University of Tennessee, 1996 M.A., History, University of Missouri, 1991 B.J., Journalism, University of Missouri, 1987

Employment Missouri S&T, 2000-present Curators’ Distinguished Professor, 2014-present Professor, 2012-2014 Associate Professor, 2007-2012 Assistant Professor, 2003-2007 Lecturer, 2000-2003 St. Louis Community College, 1998-2002 Lecturer University of Tennessee, 1997-1998 Lecturer Pellissippi State Technical Community College, 1997-1998 Lecturer

Major Publications The United States Army in the Pacific, Volume I, Tropical Shadows: Pearl Harbor through the Battle of Kwajalein, (New York: NAL/Penguin, forthcoming)

The United States Army in the Pacific, Volume II, To the End of the Earth: Hollandia Through the Occupation of Japan, (New York: NAL/Penguin, forthcoming)

Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945, (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)

The Dead and Those About to Die, D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, (New York: NAL/Penguin, 2014)

September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far, (New York: NAL/Penguin, 2012)

Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II through the Present, (New York: NAL/Penguin, 2010)

American Courage, American Carnage: The 7th Infantry Regiment’s Combat Experience, 1812 through World War II, (New York: TOR/Forge, 2009)

The 7th Infantry Regiment: Combat in an Age of Terror, the Korean War through the Present, (New York: TOR/Forge, 2008) U.S. Military History for Dummies, (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2007) Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible, (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2007)

The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944, the American War from the Beaches to Falaise, (New York: TOR/Forge, 2004)

The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at Operation Overlord, (New York: TOR/Forge, 2004)

Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II, (Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2000)

The Deadly Brotherhood: The American Combat Soldier in World War II, (Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1998)

Grants National Endowment for the Humanities, Public Scholar Fellowship/Grants, 2016 Cantigny First Infantry Division Foundation Fellowship, 2012-2013 UM System Research Board Grant, 2011 UM System Research Board Grant, 2004 College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Research Grant, 2001-2002

Teaching/Awards Missouri S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2003-2016 Missouri S&T Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010, 2013 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education, 2012 Class of 1942 Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award, 2003-2004 Missouri S&T Faculty Excellence Award, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 W.E. and Peggy Wiggins Faculty Excellence Award, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013 Missouri S&T Faculty Excellence in Research Award, 2010 Grunts named to U.S. Army Chief of Staff Professional Reading List The Dead and Those About to Die, Honorable Mention, U.S. Military History Group, Best Book Award and St. Louis Post Dispatch Best Books List, 2015 University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Scholarly Achievement Award, 2016 Official Historian, 7th Infantry Regiment, United States Army General Editor, American Military Experience Series, University of Missouri Press

Courses Taught at Missouri S&T Early Western Civilization Modern Western Civilization American History to 1877 American History Since 1877 American Military History The Civil War and Reconstruction Era Americans in Combat, World War II Through the Present The United States in World War II The United States in Vietnam Senior Capstone Senior Thesis/Project

Service Freshman Advisor Chair, Scholarship Committee Promotion and Tenure Committee, (Department, Area, Campus), Chair in 2016 University of Missouri Research Board Freshman Faculty Forum, Featured Speaker University of Missouri Press Board Faculty Excellence Award Selection Committee Faculty Excellence in Research Award Selection Committee, Chair New Faculty Search Committee, Chair National History Day, Judge Curators’ Distinguished Professorship, Selection Committee