Tom Young, The Mapmaker: A Novel of World War II; American Legion Post 20 Commander, the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

Tom Young, The Mapmaker: A Novel of World War II; American Legion Post 20 Commander, the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

June 27, 2026 · 20 min

Tom Young served in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Air National Guard. He has also flown combat missions to Bosnia and Kosovo, and additional missions to Latin America, the horn of Africa, and the Far East. In all, Young logged nearly 5,000 hours as a flight engineer on the C-5 Galaxy and the C-130 Hercules, while flying to almost forty countries.

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