Recognition & Honor
Awards
A record of service and writing — earned the long way, over a lifetime.
Military Honors
Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded twice
For outstanding non-combat service.
Combat Action Badge
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Awarded to soldiers engaged by the enemy in combat.
Four Honorable Discharges
U.S. Army · Reserves · SC National Guard
A career of repeated service across four decades.
Additional Service Medals & Awards
1973 – 2008
Earned across decades of active and reserve duty.
Literary Recognition
Featured Civil War Historical Novel
A Sound Of Distant Thunder selected for press coverage as a contemporary contribution to Civil War historical fiction (May 2026 release).
Reader's Circle Recognition
Recognized by reading communities for emotionally honest portrayals of faith and family under hardship.
Veterans Writing Community Honor
Recognized as a veteran author bringing the lived experience of a combat medic to historical and memoir writing.
"I was never aiming at staying in the military long enough to retire — it just sort of sneaked up on me. The same is true of the writing. Both became callings, one chapter at a time."
— William E. Sherrill