Dr. Edward J. Marolda, has authored Admirals Under Fire: The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War, published by Texas Tech University Press and available through Amazon books. Following his participation in the ROTC program and graduation from Pennsylvania Military College, he was commissioned in the U.S. Army and served his country in Vietnam. He subsequently earned degrees in history from Georgetown University (MA) and George Washington University (Ph. D). 

In 1971, he joined the staff of the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C., capping a 37-year career there as the Director of Naval History (Acting), and Senior Historian of the Navy. During that time he authored, coauthored, or edited seventeen histories, including the award-winning By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the War in Southeast Asia and Shield and Sword: The U.S. Navy and the Persian Gulf War.

Following his retirement in 2008, the Navy Department honored him with its Superior Civilian Service Award and in 2017 the Naval Historical Foundation presented him with its prestigious Commodore Dudley Knox Naval History Lifetime Achievement Award. Marolda credits the intellectual and professional grounding he received at PMC for enabling much of his later success.

Dr. Edward J. Marolda graduated with the class of 1967, before going on to serve his country in the United States Army. Marolda went on to earn his masters and doctorate before embarking on a rich publishing journey, during which he published several war-centric books. 

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