The Author with S/Sgt Richard "Red" Falvey, HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles) at Gettysburg, 18 Sep 2010. Red is a combat veteran of World War II. At nearly 90 years of age, the popular paratrooper is a frequently sought-after speaker at World War II re-enactment and memorial events.Red loved the book and said "A great book. It lit a lot of lights for me".

OTHER WORKS BY AUTHOR JOHN E. NEVOLA

This year we commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. All of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers survived that assault. The central theme of this 45-page article (@15,000 words) describes the pivotal role played by those surviving American carriers in the first year of the war. By blunting the Japanese offensives, they exacted a true measure of revenge.

John E. Nevola makes his literary debut with The Last Jump, a historical novel based on United States airborne operations in Europe during World War II. The study of this conflict has been the author’s lifelong passion and he weaves a compelling tale of courage and sacrifice set in a historically accurate backdrop in an extraordinary time in American history.

A retired Information Technology executive, Nevola has been widely published in business magazines with numerous articles on disaster recovery and terrorism. He authored a column for a post newspaper while serving in the United States Army and is a member of the Military Writer’s Society of America.

Nevola was born in New York City and is a graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School and the College of Aeronautics. He resides in Mount Olive, New Jersey with his wife of 45 years. They have four children and six grandchildren. A portion of the proceeds from The Last Jump are donated to charity to assist the families of the fallen.