About Me

Thomas  Pike has researched military records and photographs in the United  States and overseas for over thirty years, focusing primarily on World  War II and the Vietnam War.  He has conducted hundreds of interviews of  veterans from these wars with the goal of bringing military history to life; to complete the narrative on Vietnam and World War II.   

He  received his Master’s Degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National  Intelligence University, where he wrote his master’s thesis on Russian  operations and German intelligence collection during a large campaign in  World War II.   While an Army War College Fellow, he researched  operations and intelligence activities at the national and operational  level.  He retired from the U.S. Army as a Colonel and has held  commands from the company to the brigade level.   

 Over the course  of his research, Tom Pike has visited numerous World War II battlefields and is  working on several books that analyze operations and intelligence during  the Tet Offensive in 1968.   He has traveled to Vietnam numerous times  since 1996 and explored  battlefields from Hanoi to Saigon/HCMC.   During his first visit to Vietnam,  he toured Hue with several  veterans led by LtGen Ron Christmas, the former commander of H Company,  2/5 Marines which fought there during the Tet Offensive.   He has also  conducted research in Kham Duc, Dak To, Kontum, Pleiku and Ban Me Thuot  for a book on the B3 Front and the Tet Offensive.  Along the coast in  the II Corps area, his research included Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, Tuy Hoa  and other former bases and battlefields.