PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, AUTHOR, REPORTER
Rick Atkinson is an Army Brat. His father served 28 years in the US Army officer corps.
Rick Atkinson won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1982 for his series of articles on the West Point Class of 1966. His books include: “The Long Gray Line, The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966” and “Crusade : The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War.” Atkinson is currently a staff writer for the Washington Post.