Jim Proser’s first book, I’m Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC, was awarded the United States Marine Corps Commandant’s Recommendation in 2011, and was referenced as source material for the HBO television miniseries The Pacific. Proser’s No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis has been nominated for the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s 2019 Colonel Joseph Alexander Award. Proser lives in Sarasota, Florida. You can sign up for email updates here.