A 1990 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism, Conover previously worked for The Chapel Hill Newspaper, The (Waynesville, N.C.) Mountaineer and The Shelby Star. He spent four years in the Army as a tanker and cavalry scout, rising to the rank of sergeant. During his two years in Germany, Conover was fortunate to be assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry, which afforded him the experience of patroling the East German and Czech borders from 1985-87.

Conover is married to writer/artist/designer Janet Edens. He has a 13-year-old son, Luke Owen Conover, from a previous marriage, and three step-children: David Hartsell, 15; Lee Hartsell, 13; and Callie Hartsell, 8. They live in peninsular Charleston.

Conover was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1963 and grew up in Greensboro and Brown's Summit, N.C., before attending Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., from 1981-1983.

Conover no longer works actively on this site.

For those of you who Googled me and are curious how I turned out, I turned out OK. Please feel free to drop me a line.

He wishes to thank the following people for their help and encouragement:

• George Williams of the League of WWI Aero Historians and the University of Texas at Dallas;
• George Streckfuss of the League of WWI Aero Historians
• Larry Sall, associate library director for special collections, UT-Dallas;
• Edwin Luke;
• Terri Primrose, Everett High School;
• Barbara Barber, Everett Chamber of Commerce;
• Donald P. Evans, Toronto;
• Mrs. Robert Smalls, Everett;
• Pat Patton, KSU;
• Jim Cassady, National Archives;
• Andrea Hinding, YMCA archivist;
• Frank Lawson, Montgomery, AL, 27th Fighter Association;
• SSG Greg Henneman, 27th Fighter Squadron;
• Mike Iavarone, Trenches on the Web webmaster;
• Mike Hanlon, research editor for the Great War Society's publication Relevance.
• Melissa Keiser, NASM;
• Edouard Desrochers, Phillips Exeter Academy;
• Pamela Frederick, PEA;
• Don Luke, Phoenix;
• Helen Sherry McCall, Sunnyvale, Calif.;
• John Luke;
• Mike Sampson, U.S. Secret Service;
• Muriel Parkhurst, executive director Veterans of WWI, USA;
• Sue Vasconcells, Golden, Colorado;
• Debbie Newman, Arizona Historical Society;
• Doug Champlin, Champlin Fighter Museum;
• Mitchell Yockelson, National Arcives;
• Norma Lynn Gamble, Denton County, Texas, Museum on the Square;
• Linda Tourance, Denton reference librarian;
• Dave McElvain.