Books by N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

Norman Jack "Dusty" Kleiss (1916-2016) grew up in Coffeyville, Kansas, during the Great Depression, before attending the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1938. A carrier-based pilot of Scouting Squadron Six attached to USS Enterprise, he was awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross. Captain Kleiss (USN, Ret.) was married to his wife, Jean, for more than sixty years before her passing in 2006. Timothy J. Orr is an associate professor of military history at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He is author and editor of Last to Leave the Field and Cities at War. Laura Lawfer Orr is the deputy education director at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, the U.S. Navy's official museum in Norfolk.