found: Steel gauntlet, c1999:t.p. (David Sherman) inside back cover (former U.S. Marine; author of novels about Marines in Vietnam)
found: Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2017(David Sherman is an American novelist who deals overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level. His experiences as a United States Marine during the Vietnam War show prominently in his work. Sherman was born in Niles, Ohio. He began writing in 1983, and his first book, Knives in the Night, was published in 1987. Altogether, as of June 2007, Sherman has published 26 novels, including 15 with his co-author, Dan Cragg.)
found: Technovelgy website, Feb. 2, 2017(David Sherman (b. 1958) is an American professional soldier and author whose military experiences during active service in Vietnam shaped his writing career, contributing the Military science fiction Starfist series beginning with "First to Fight" (1997).)
found: There I was, c1989:title page (David Sherman) half-title page (Also by David Sheman: The Night Fighters: Knives in the night (#1); Main force assault (#2); Out of the fire (#3); A rock and a hard place (#4); A Nghu night falls (#5); Charlie don't live here anymore (#6))
