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April
2006
Remember D-Day added
to the International Reading Association’s Young Adult’s Choices List
September
2005
Voices of Courage released.
Includes audio cds with oral histories from Khe Sanh veterans
June
2004
Voices of Valor
added to the New York Times’ Best-Seller List.
December
2004
Remember D-Day
added to the School Library Journal’ Best Books of 2004 List.
Ron Drez is a decorated combat veteran of
the Vietnam War and a former Captain of Marines. He is an award-winning,
best-selling author and former Assistant Director of the Eisenhower
Center at the University of New Orleans.
He is President of Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours having
served both as friend and associate of the distinguished, late historian.
He has written many articles for military history magazines and
is a contributing author and editor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica
web site for its Normandy feature
Now retirement communities, clubs, associations and
classrooms can step back into American history with stimulating
lectures, roundtables, and presentations. For those who want the
ultimate history experience, join Ron on four exciting tours. Western
Battlefields of the Civil War; D-Day
to the Rhine; The Corps of Discovery
– Lewis and Clark; and The
Italian Campaign.
Schools can bring history into the classroom and take advantage
of writing workshops, author’s techniques and book discussions.
Perfect for school study is one of Drez’s latest books for
National Geographic’s Children’s Series: Remember D-Day.
Over twenty years of leading the Eisenhower Center’s oral history
project has brought this distingquished author into contact with
the veterans of WWII. Of note was his initial discovery and interviews
with the “Band of Brothers” which he chronicled in a special
edition of WWII magazine entitled, Finding the Band of Brothers.
The school programs and workshops are focused for the students age
ten and older. His lecture programs are designed for Americans of
all ages.
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