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Military Books
September 4, 2007 (San Dimas,
CA). Military-Writers.com is a website committed to listing
military servicemembers who have authored
books. The website added three former servicemembers:
James T. Born,
Victor Sims and
James Walker.
Prior to his
law enforcement career,
James T. Born was a member of the
United States Navy. In 1967, James Born
was deployed to Vietnam as a Boatswains Mate Third Class. He received a Bronze
Star while serving as Assistant Boat Captain with Mobile Support Team II, on a
Heavy SEAL Support Craft (HSSC), operating in the MeKong Delta.
James T. Born graduated from the
Los Angeles Police Department academy in
1969. During his ten year
career in law enforcement he served as a
Los Angeles Police Officer and a Deputy Sheriff. The highest rank he attained
in
law enforcement was as a Sheriffs Captain,
Chief of the Detective Bureau. In 1978,
James Born was licensed as a private
investigator in California. And, in 1989, he was licensed as a private
investigator in Nevada.
James Born is a District Court Certified
Forensic and Fingerprint Expert and has taught Crime Scene
Technology and Investigation to
law enforcement officers in eleven states.
Jim born is a recipient of the National Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution Law
Enforcement Commendation Medal the highest civilian law enforcement
medal in the United States. He is a graduate of Los Angeles Pierce College and
has further attended fours years of University instruction in his field of
Criminal Justice Administration.
James Born has graduated from 82
law enforcement training schools. He is
also the author of Coping with Marital Infidelity: How to Catch your
Spouse Cheating.
According to the description of
Coping with Marital Infidelity, If you are a victim or know
someone who is a victim of marital infidelity (cheating mates), this unique "How
to" book will grab held of your life in a way you could never dream of and give
you the tools needed that will help you to cope with this problem. Coping with
Marital Infidelity. The author has investigated thousands of such cases and has
consulted with many thousands of other victims having the same problem, who
couldn't afford to hire an investigator and needed advice.
According to the Southern Oregon
University Retirees Association Newsletter (Spring 2007 edition) Dr.
Victor H. Sims died on April 27, 2007.
Victor Sims joined the Universitys Department of Criminology
in 1994 and retired in 2006. He had extensive experience in service and
leadership positions, serving as a Company Commander in the
U. S. Army Military Police Corps, a
police officer in Berkeley, Phoenix, and
Anchorage. In Nome, Alaska he served as chief of police.
He received his PhD from the
University of Southern Mississippi in 1982 and taught
at Stephen F. Austin State
University, at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Lamar State
University before coming to SOU as Associate Professor of Criminology. Vics
scholarship included research on rural and small town policing. He helped the
department connect with regional
law enforcement agencies and brought a
chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma (the Criminal Justice Honor Society) to SOU. He
received an Elmo award for his
leadership in motivating students to come
to the University. During his life he was also a commercial pilot, a marathon
runner and triathlete. Victor Sims was also the author of Small Town and Rural
Police.
James Harper Walker served in the
United States Army from 1953 to 1956. He
began his
law enforcement career with the Willoughby
Police Department (Ohio) where he served in patrol for two years. He then
joined the Waite Hill Police Department (Ohio) were he served for eight years,
attaining the rank of detective. He then became the Assistant Chief of Police
for the
Huron Road Police Department (Ohio). James
Walker then moved into the private security field where he held a number of
managerial and executive level positions. He has a BA in Business
Administration and is the author of four books: Man in Blue; Bushytail the
Squirrel; Rambling in Rhyme; and, the novel Inside your Local
Police.
According to the book description
of Inside your Local Police, follow police Lieutenant James
MacDonald (Mac) as he tries to solve The Claw Hammer murder case. While being
constantly interrupted with assorted armed robbers, gang fights, gun fights and
domestics.
Military-Writers.com currently
lists 44 current or former
military servicemembers and their 92 books.
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