Lester Taube started his military career with the horse artillery at the age of fifteen. He was a platoon leader during World War II, fighting in Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He left the army to run a series of successful business ventures, then returned to military service as an advisor to the Turkish army, as an intelligence officer and company commander in Korea, and as a general staff officer in intelligence and war plans during the Vietnam war.  Prior to his retirement as a full Colonel, he lived in a small village in Austria before moving back to the United States, where he now resides in New Jersey. He is the author of four highly-acclaimed books published throughout the world including Myer for Hire, The Cossack Cowboy, Peter Krimsov and The Grabbers (The Diamond Boomerang).
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		Acclaimed author, Lester Taube’s five books include his latest, Atonement for Iwo.  The Cossack Cowboy, Peter Krimsov, The Grabbers (the Diamond Boomerang) and Myer for Hire are published in several languages and two were sold for films.