Homer H. Hickam, Jr., was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. The author of Torpedo Junction, a Military History Book of the Month Club selection, as well as numerous articles for such publications as Smithsonian Air and Space
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Homer H. Hickam, Jr., was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. The author of
Torpedo Junction, a Military History Book of the Month Club selection, as well as numerous articles for such publications as
Smithsonian Air and Space and
American History Illustrated, he is a NASA payload training manager for the International Space Program and lives in Huntsville, Alabama.