Rick Atkinson (born 1952, in Munich) is an American journalist and author whose contributions led to four Pulitzer Prizes. Atkinson was born in Munich. His father was an Army officer and he grew up at military posts. He earned his bachelor degree from East Carolina University in 1974 and a master of art degree from the University of Chicago in 1976. His first reporting job was at the The Morning Sun in Pittsburg, Kansas He started working at the Kansas City Times in 1977. Wikipedia
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Rick Atkinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for An Army at Dawn , delivers the highly anticipated second volume of his epic WWII Trilogy The Day of Battle The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Now available! www.anarmyatdawn.com/
