About The Author

Meet the author

Ed Sherwood, LTC, US Army (RET)

  • Ed Sherwood led an Infantry platoon in Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, fighting at Tam Ky with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division until wounded in action on June 2, 1969.

  • After Vietnam, he continued serving as an infantry officer with multiple assignments in the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, the US Army Infantry School, and the 197th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning, GA. 

  • Ed retired from active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1988 due to medical reasons but maintains close ties with the US Army Infantry community.

  • Sherwood uses the “historic present tense” throughout his book putting readers in the middle of the action as it occurs. Though a lieutenant in the 1969 battle, his narrative, insights, and observations in “Courage Under Fire," are based on his many years of experience as an infantry officer. In 2015, Sherwood began an intensive five years researching and writing with extensive reviews of battle records and interviews of over forty battle participants.