Jerry Korn

Gerald "Jerry" Edward Korn (January 25, 1921 in Roxbury, Massachusetts – October 16, 2010 in Parsonsfield, Maine, USA) was a pilot and author. He was married to Barbara Henderson Korn and they have three daughters; Ellen, Margaret and Susan.

Early life

Upon graduation from Roxbury Memorial High School, he studied journalism at Boston University. He left to become a reporter for the Boston Globe at Fort Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts.^[1]

Military Career

Won the Distinguished Flying Cross as a B-24 co-pilot in World War II with the Eighth Air Force. He flew a total of 35 combat missions. Before his discharge in September 1945 he flew experimental flights out of Bedford, Massachusetts, for radar testing. ^[2]

Post War

After leaving the USAAF he became a reporter for the Associated Press progressing to become an editor for Collier's and Life magazines. In 1961 he moved to Time-Life Books first as an assistant text editor then he served for 12 years as the managing editor until 1982.^[3]

He is the author of many books including:

• The Atom, the Core of All Matter
• Raising of the Queen
• War on the Mississippi
• The Fight for Chattanooga
• Pursuit to Appomattox - The Last Battles

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