No Silent Night

Leo Barron works for General Dynamics as an instructor of military intelligence officers for the U.S. Army. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history and has served with the 101st Airborne. Barron has seen two tours of active duty in Iraq as an infantry and intelligence officer. His articles about Bastogne and other WWII-related military topics have appeared in Infantry Magazine, Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, WWII History Magazine, and WWII Magazine. He has used some of his research on Bastogne and the Christmas battle to teach his students about intelligence preparation of the battlefield. He is also the author of No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne.

Don Cygan is a Colorado-based author and historian. Cygan worked for several years as a daily newspaper reporter and also free-lanced for several Denver-area publications. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Northern Colorado and has a Masters in Communication from Denver University and a Masters in Military History from Norwich University. He served in the U.S. Army and Colorado Army National Guard during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.Currently, Cygan is a professor of history at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado. No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne is his first book.