Ronald J.
He has four children and eight grandchildren..
A highly decorated marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War, Drez lives in New Orleans with his wife.
As President of Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours, he regularly leads tours to Normandy and other World War II battle sites.
He is also the author of Twenty-Five Years of War and has written and edited numerous magazine articles about World War II.
He worked closely with the late Stephen Ambrose to interview D-Day veterans for Ambrose\'s Band of Brothers and for his own book Voices of D-Day, which as awarded the George Washington Honor Medal from Freedom\'s Foundation at Valley Forge.
Drez has a master\'s degree in history from the University of New Orleans and is an assistant director and research fellow at the university\'s Eisenhower Center.
Ronald J