{"bio": "Gordon L Rottman (February 24, 1947) entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas. He began writing military history books in 1984 and is currently a full-time author. He has written 50 books for Osprey.\r\n\r\n**Source**: [*Vietnam Infantry Tactics*](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24925135M)", "name": "Gordon L. Rottman", "personal_name": "Gordon L. Rottman", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "alternate_names": ["Gordon Rottman"], "photos": [10219908], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2020-09-19T16:01:44.062836"}, "latest_revision": 8, "key": "/authors/OL845341A", "birth_date": "24 Feb 1947", "revision": 8, "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "72919925", "wikidata": "Q15053679"}}