JOHN A. ADAMS JR. ’73 is the author of Over There in the Air: The Fightin’ Texas Aggies in World War I, 1917–1918 and The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor as well as coauthor of Keepers of the Spirit: The Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University, 1876–2001 and Texas Aggies Go to War. He resides in College Station, TX.