Bruce Gamble (author)

Bruce Gamble
Occupation Writer, Historian, and U.S. Military Veteran
Nationality American
Alma mater Pennsylvania State University
Subject World War II, Pacific
Notable awards Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award, Gold Medal from the Military Writer's Society of America, Editor's Choice Award from Stone and Stone Second World War Books, and Florida Book Award
Website
brucegamble.com

Bruce Gamble is an American historian, an award-winning author, and United States Military veteran. As a historian, Gamble specializes in World War II in the Pacific, and has written six books on this particular topic.

Early life and education

Gamble was born on December 7, the anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.[1] He grew up in Central Pennsylvania.[2] Gamble comes from a family of military aviators. His father was a B-29 pilot in the Pacific and his uncle was a B-17 navigator in New Guinea.[1]

Gamble graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1980 with a degree in pre-law.[3] Following his graduation, Gamble attended Aviation Officer Candidate School, and was commissioned at Pensacola, Florida. In 1982, he was "winged" as a Naval Flight Officer.[4]

Career

Gamble spent eight years in naval aviation during the Cold War, where he specialized in electronic warfare.[1][3] For three years he flew as a navigator on EA-3B Skywarriors, logging nearly 1,000 hours. He was deployed aboard aircraft carriers in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[5] Following this, Gamble returned to Pensacola, where he instructed student naval flight officers in T-47 Citation II jets for two years.[3][4] In 1988, he was diagnosed with a malignant spinal cord tumor. After undergoing surgery, he medically retired and began using a wheelchair. Gamble has been cancer-free for over twenty years.[1][4]

Gamble began to volunteer at the National Museum of Naval Aviation after his retirement at the age of 30. He also worked part-time for the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation as the staff historian. During his time there, he collected interviews with aviators and wrote for their magazine, Foundations.[1][4]

Gamble embarked on a career as a freelance writer. His first book, The Black Sheep, was published in 1998. His books all focus on World War II, specifically in the Pacific region. Three of Gamble's books center on the VMA-214, also known as the "Black Sheep" squadron of World War II. Gamble wrote a biography on Pappy Boyington, a United States Marine Corps fighter ace. He is the author of the Rabaul trilogy series. Gamble's books have acquired praise from Publishers Weekly and Booklist.[1]

He has been a featured historian on various documentaries produced by History Channel, Fox News Channel, PBS, and Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[1]

Gamble is a member of the Authors Guild, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, and Paralyzed Veterans of America.[5]

Awards

Gamble's book, Fortress Rabaul, won the Gold Medal from the Military Writer's Society of America and the "Editor's Choice Award" from Stone & Stone Second World War Books.

In 2010, he received the Admiral Arthur W. Radford award for excellence in naval aviation history and literature, presented by the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation.

In 2013, he won a Florida Book Award.[2]

Published work

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Simmons, Tony (1 December 2013). "Local author's WWII trilogy reaches thrilling conclusion". Panama City News Herald. Panama City. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Featuring John Rizzo and Bruce Gamble". The Law Business Insider. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Details: Military Writer's Society of American Conference, Bruce Gamble". Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine Videos. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Bruce Gamble- Author Interview". Pacific Wrecks. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Meet author Bruce Gamble for a book signing session at...". Warbird News. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

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