Dameron, J. David: - J. David Dameron was educated at the University of North Carolina and Troy University. He is a former professor of American History and retired U.S. Army Green Beret. Today, Dave serves on several museum history advisory committees and he is the author of non-fiction history books, which include: A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution; General Henry Lewis Benning; and King's Mountain: The Defeat of the Loyalists. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Special Forces "Decade" Association, and the Organization of American Historians. Dave is married to the former Pamela Gail Brown of Kingsport, Tennessee, and they have two children and two grandchildren.