Gordon W. Prange (1910โ1980) was a professor of history at the University of Maryland and a World War II veteran. He served as the chief historian on General Douglas MacArthurโs staff during the postwar military occupation of Japan. His 1963ย Readerโs Digestย article โTora! Tora! Tora!โ was later expanded into the acclaimed bookย At Dawn We Slept. After Prangeโs death, his colleagues Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon completed several of his manuscripts, includingย At Dawn We Slept. Other works that Goldstein and Dillon finished includeย Miracle at Midway;ย Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History;ย December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor; andย Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring.
Donald M. Goldstein (1931โ2017) was a retired United States Air Force officer; professor emeritus of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for thirty-five years; a winner of two Peabody Awards; and author of many books. He also taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, and Troy State University. He was considered the leading authority on the Pearl Harbor attack.
Katherine V. Dillon (1916โ2005) was a chief warrant officer, United States Air Force (retired), and longtime collaborator with Gordon W. Prange and Donald M. Goldstein on their work. She served during World War II and the Korean War.