John Armbruster remembers admiring the Flying Fortress airplane when he was nine years old after reading his first "grown up" book: Flying Fortress-The Illustrated Biography of the B-17s and the Men Who Flew Them. Today, a copy of that book sits on a shelf in John's home. Who could have guessed this World War II airplane buff would one day befriend a Flying Fortress tail gunner and write his story?
The author earned a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and began his career writing environmental science stories for Earthwatch Radio (Sea Grant-University of Wisconsin). He later wrote for two Wisconsin newspapers covering general assignment news for the La Crosse Tribune, and later, writing sports stories for the Marshfield News-Herald.
John returned to UW-Madison and earned his secondary education degree-social studies. He later completed a masters of education degree at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Since 1993, John has taught a variety of history and government courses to middle and high school students, including Advanced Placement courses in American and European history.
John lives on a small farm in the heart of the Driftless Region in Southwest Wisconsin. He has two sons, Matthew and Joe. His late wife, Carmen, died in 2012.
The author earned a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and began his career writing environmental science stories for Earthwatch Radio (Sea Grant-University of Wisconsin). He later wrote for two Wisconsin newspapers covering general assignment news for the La Crosse Tribune, and later, writing sports stories for the Marshfield News-Herald.
John returned to UW-Madison and earned his secondary education degree-social studies. He later completed a masters of education degree at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Since 1993, John has taught a variety of history and government courses to middle and high school students, including Advanced Placement courses in American and European history.
John lives on a small farm in the heart of the Driftless Region in Southwest Wisconsin. He has two sons, Matthew and Joe. His late wife, Carmen, died in 2012.