Gold medals for Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers Land, Sea and Air (2016) and The Man Called Brown Condor (2015) from the Military Writer’s Society of America.

Simmons and the bust of John Robinson, Gulfport airport.

Receiving award from the Mississippi Senate.

Shaking hands with a member of the first class of cadets taught by Col. John Robinson. He served in the new Ethiopian Air Force under Robinson.

Simmons, pilot.

With a background that includes aeronautics, consulting, engineering and military service, Tom Simmons has a wealth of experience and knowledge which enables him to write with authority as well dramatic flair. His works include: The Man Called Brown Condor; Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers Land, Sea and Air; Escape from Archangel; and The Quinn Trilogy: By Accident of Birth, The Last Quinn Standing, and  No Promise of Tomorrow.