Author Biography
Richard Bergeron joined the Navy at age 19 and stayed for ten years. After boot camp at Great Lakes, he went to schools for a year to study Basic Electricity & Electronics, Fire Control Technician Class A curriculum and Mark 37 Gunfire Control System Class C curriculum. Then went to sea for five and a half years. He was assigned to destroyers USS Laffey (DD-724) and USS Meredith (DD-890), the special guided missile testing ship USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), and destroyer USS Cony (DD-508), with two months of temporary duty on the destroyer tender USS Sierra (AD-18). His final assignment was as an weapons control equipment maintenance instructor at the Fleet Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island. Needle n the Haystack is his first novel. For a fuller bio, refer to the Amazon entry below: More About the Author and take a look at Bergeron's website: richard-bergeron.weebly.com (no http or www prefixes).
