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Lieutenant Colonel Tony Peluso, USA (ret.) currently practices law in Tampa, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania, Tony grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., where he graduated from a Jesuit prep school. Dropping out of Arizona State University after his second year, Tony volunteered for the Airborne and served in Vietnam from 1968-1969 as an enlisted paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate). Intensely motivated by his war time experiences, Tony returned to college, graduated with distinction with a degree in history, graduated from law school, passed the Texas bar exam and obtained a commission as a Captain in the United States Army, Judge Advocate Generals Corps in 1975. He holds JD and LLM degrees. 

Tony served 17 more years on active duty as a JAGC officer in different assignments, including tours with the 82nd Airborne and later another with 18th Airborne Corps. In 1992, Tony retired as a Lieutenant Colonel to take an appointment as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Tampa Division of the Middle District of Florida. Tony served more than 14 years as a Federal Prosecutor in the U.S. Attorneys Office until 2006, when he retired from the Department of Justice to become the Chief Legal Counsel to the Sheriff of Hillsborough County. In 2014, Tony retired again, this time as an HCSO Major to pursue opportunities in private practice and writing novels. Tony Peluso is the author of Archangel of Sedona and Waggoners Gap.

According to the book description of Archangel of Sedona, "At the site of a world-famous architectural marvel located in the heart of the mystical red rock country surrounding Sedona, Arizona, a young college student encounters an ancient secret that holds the key to the origins of the universe. Haunted by his epiphany over decades, unexplainablealmost miraculousevents overtake him, until he has a revelation that compels him to go on a dangerous quest to resolve the mystery.

Archangel of Sedona documents the personal story of Tony, a veteran integrating his combat experiences with his metaphysical awakening in the Red Rocks atmosphere of infinite space and boundless silence. His heros journey through both beauty and danger combines mystery, adventure, and spiritual discovery." 

According to the book description of Waggoners Gap, "it is a spiritual place with unique natural beauty and breathtaking vistas overlooking the Cumberland Valley near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is also a pivotal locale in the sweeping story of two disparate families fighting for survival and success in the dark decades surrounding World War II. The Genero clan is at the heart of the story, which tracks the trials and travails of mother, father, son, and daughter whose lives are inevitably affected by a richer and more influential family, the Monarch clan, who control industry and primary employment for most of the people living in the shadow of Waggoners Gap. The generational confluence of these players takes place across a range of time in American history that includes World War I, the Great Depression and culminates in World War II when the Genero childrenbrother and sisterboth enlist to support the war effort. During this time, the lecherous younger Monarch takes over the booming textile business and secretly begins to siphon off profits while mistreating his employees, including the Generos. The saga winds from Waggoners Gap through area colleges to Army training bases, ships at sea, battlefields in Europe and the Pacific, and back again as truly colorful characters develop and influence each other through the decades. Through it all, in spite of deadly hardships overseas and dark dealings on the home front, Waggoners Gap draws the players together and repels them like a spinning magnet. Waggoners Gap is a compelling read. As a former Cobra pilot, I especially enjoyed the combat flying sequences in Europe and the Pacific. Herb Caddell, retired Deputy U.S. Marshall Want to know what it was like to be an Airborne soldier in combat? Here is your chance. Tony Peluso does an outstanding job of putting you in the boots on the ground during World War II. By the time you finish reading this very detailed account of actual events, you will feel like you were there when it happened. Airborne, all the way! David F., former Airborne Officer."

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