About the Editor and Publisher

Edwin Kiefer was born in Akron, Ohio, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. By a rapid series of self-motivating events, he had the honor of being a participant on the historic Gold Patrol of the submarine USS TROUT. This was within a matter of weeks after the outbreak of war between America and Japan.

One of the handful of battle ready units of the Navy after the destruction at Pearl Harbor, the USS TROUT was to sail thousands of miles behind the Japanese controlled waters of the Pacific. The primary object of the patrol was to relieve Corregidor with 3500 rounds of a new, high altitude anti-aircraft shell.

Unexpectedly, the rescue of 20 tons of gold bullion, as well as uncounted bags of silver pesos, were added to the mission. This treasure trove had been secreted from the Japanese on the American bastion of Corregidor. For this exploit and related matters, Kiefer was decorated with the Army Silver Star (Navy Cross equivalent at the time) at the personal direction of General MacArthur. He had also been recommended for the Navy Cross, and awarded the Submarine Combat Pin for war patrols on the TROUT, THRESHER, AND SAWFISH. Additionally, he was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation ribbon as well as various other decorations and ribbons.

Immediately after discharge, he was offered a job by John W. Hausserman who was the principal owner of the gold rescued from Corregidor, at his Baguio gold mines. Equipment shortages forced a delay in the reopening of the mines that had been destroyed by the defeated Japanese. During this hiatus in his plans, he attended the University of Santo Tomas and the University of the Philippines in Manila.

During the same period, he became a contributor to the Manila Times for which he wrote and published articles and short stories that included Operation Survival and Truman's Victory: The Meaning of an Election. Returning to America for studies in literature and literary criticism at the New School in New York, he undertook further studies in literature at Columbia University.

Subsequently, he secured a Bachelor of Science at Los Angeles State College, followed by an MBA at the University of Southern California, and professional certification as an Industrial Engineer. He worked in the design and development of early engineering to production computer manufacturing techniques at Electrodata Division of Burroughs Corporation, and Hoffman Electronics.

He was subsequently to be given the responsibility for all capital planning for digital and analog computer facilities at Autonetics, a division of what is now Rockwell International, for the Moon Landing Command Module of the Apollo Program.

He was retained as a consultant for the Los Angeles Police Department to design cost, training, and facility plans for them. Eventually he was employed as an in-house consultant, restructuring ailing subsidiaries for AMF.

Finally, when the U.S. Postal Service was reorganized, he was recruited by them in California where he had several major national industrial engineering and management responsibilities in the organizational and technological restructuring of the Postal Service.

Long, long before his obligatorily non-retired Presbyterian retirement, the real submarine love of his life had surfaced, and he had been pursuing an overt career as a writer. He has published in other magazines such articles as SEA CLASSICS' The End of the Rainbow about the Trout patrol to Corregidor, the short story, Operation Survival, and the article, Truman: The Meaning of an Election for the Manila Times Magazine and some volumes of poetry.

More recently he completed and self-published Submarine Worlds in which collection is included a novel, Anatomy of Glory, as well as the 467 page Pilgrim Fish, and other stories, articles and poetry. Additionally, and for the better part of the last 7 years, he has edited, published, and been the chief contributor for the quarterly magazine SUBMARINE JOURNAL.

He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Marian. They were married in 1944. Presently living in Bath, Ohio, they enjoy their association with friends and neighbors, and look forward to many happy and productive years in the future.