

Their ultimate cooperative project, USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go, the Central Pacific 1943–44, will be published in February 2021. Award for distinguished nonfiction, and four other books. Gilbert) Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa, winner of the 2016 General Wallace M. His current historical research is on Marine Corps tank history in World War II.

Romain Cansière is a native of southern France and has been interested in the U.S. Among his 16 books is Marines under Armor: The Marine Corps and the Armored Fighting Vehicle, 1916–2000 (2000). After completing a variety of command and staff assignments in the Marine Corps, he retired in 1993.

Graduating in 1969 from the Naval Academy, he trained as a tank officer and served as a company and field grade officer in the 2d and 3d Marine Divisions, interspersed with academic tours of duty. Estes is a defense consultant, professor of history, and writer who pursued a 24-year career in the U.S.
