John W. Huffman
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John W. Huffman

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John W. Huffman was born on 29 November, in Hemphill, Texas, attended elementary school in Pineland, Texas, junior high and high school in Jasper, Texas, and graduated summa cum laude from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. John enlisted in the Army Airborne in 1966 and served two tours of combat in Vietnam, the first as a private, and subsequently a sergeant, with Alpha Company, 1/27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, in 1966-67, and the second as an officer/aviator with the 120th Aviation Company in 1972-73. He retired as a major in 1986 with three Purple Hearts, three Bronze Stars, sixteen Air Medals, one Army Commendation Medal, two Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Medals, and various other service and campaign ribbons. Upon retiring from the Army, John launched a real estate sales and management company and operated seven NASCAR speedways in five states, created an automobile racing and sanctioning body, the American Racing Association, and developed three touring series. John has received honorable mentions for two short stories, along with his eight published novels: A Wayward Wind, a Regional Finalists in the General Fiction category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards; The Baron of Clayhill, a Finalist in the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards Contest and a Finalists in the Popular Fiction category of the 2010 National Indie Excellence Book Awards; Tiger Woman, the First Place Winner in the Action-Adventure category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards; Above All, a Finalist in the Action-Adventure category of the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards; America's Diplomats, The Road To Attleboro, the First Place winner in the 2011 National Indie Excellence Awards; Eyes of the Blind, the First Place winner in the 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards; and his recent releases, Cold Hearts Burning and Searching For Leah. John lost a brief battle with cancer on October 27, 2015 after residing in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina with his wife Misty. His is also survived by three sons and four granddaughters.
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