Bruce Bliven (1916–2002)

Bruce Bliven Jr. was a prolific writer of popular books and magazine articles on a broad range of subjects. Bliven began his career as a newspaper reporter and later wrote for several national magazines, including LIFE and the New Yorker. During World War II, he was a lieutenant in the 29th Division field artillery and took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy. Following the war, he resumed his writing career and wrote more than a dozen books for adults and children, most of them on United States history. Bliven died at his home in Manhattan in 2002, at age 85.

— biography from Invasion: The Story of D-Day

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