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 Like
Founding President, Bill McDonald, Tony Lazzarini also served on UH-1D "Huey"
helicopters during the Vietnam War. He flew as a helicopter door gunner with the
25th Aviation Battalion "A" Company "Little Bears" and participated in over 250
missions. He served two years at Cu-Chi, Vietnam from 1966 to 1967 and received
12 Air Medals to include three for "Valor."
After returning to the states, Tony worked
for IBM as a service technician on communicating systems with their advanced
products group. He left after 10 years to open his own high performance
automotive shop. Along with racing and building cars, his other passions include
writing and motorcycles.
 His
wife of 8 years, Arlene, is a great supporter and helped him start Voyager
Publishing over eight years ago. His writing accomplishments include two award
winning books, a prize winning musical stage play and two short films.
He will be keeping in line with the basic
principles of MWSA. Tony will work to help it succeed in becoming an
organization that not only shows it appreciates it's veterans, but also see they
receive the recognition they deserve for their service to our country. |
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The
Military Writers Society of America was the brainchild of our
Founder, W. H. (Bill) McDonald Jr. A crew
chief/door-gunner on UH-1D Huey helicopters in 1966 and 1967, Bill flew with
the 128th Helicopter Assault Company
 out
of Phu Loi, South Vietnam. He was awarded numerous medals, including: the
Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, fourteen Air Medals and
the Purple Heart.
Like most who encounter the moral extremes of combat, Bill discovered that
war is a crucible of spiritual transformation. It is, quite simply,
impossible to live through that sort of experience and not be changed by it.
To better understand his own experiences, Bill began to write about them.
In the years since, he has discovered literally hundreds of other warriors
who are driven to explore and reveal their experiences through fiction,
non-fiction, poetry and art.
 It
was Bill's vision to bring them together to share and promote their
respective arts.
With more than 800 members, the Military Writers Society of America is that
vision brought to life. |
2005 - 2009 MWSA
