A respected and well-informed historian, Donald McCarthy is the author of MiG Killers of the Vietnam War (Speciality Press, 2010), Those Who Were There:Ninety-Two True Stories of Combat Missions Flown Over North Vietnam (iUniverse, 2009), and USAF F-4 and F-105 MiG Killers of the Vietnam War 1965-1973 (Schiffer Military Books, 2005). Don served in the United States Air Force from 1964-1968, and served for eleven years with the Connecticut National Guard. He worked for 32 years as a criminal investigator with the Waterford, Connecticut Police Department. He continues to live in Waterford Connecticut with his family.