Gordon W. Prange (1910ā1980) was a professor of history at the University of Maryland and a World War II veteran. He served as the chief historian on General Douglas MacArthurās staff during the postwar military occupation of Japan. His 1963Ā Readerās DigestĀ article āTora! Tora! Tora!ā was later expanded into the acclaimed bookĀ At Dawn We Slept. After Prangeās death, his colleagues Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon completed several of his manuscripts, includingĀ At Dawn We Slept. Other works that Goldstein and Dillon finished includeĀ Miracle at Midway;Ā Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History;Ā December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor; andĀ Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring.
Donald M. Goldstein (1931ā2017) was a retired United States Air Force officer; professor emeritus of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for thirty-five years; a winner of two Peabody Awards; and author of many books. He also taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, and Troy State University. He was considered the leading authority on the Pearl Harbor attack.
Katherine V. Dillon (1916ā2005) was a chief warrant officer, United States Air Force (retired), and longtime collaborator with Gordon W. Prange and Donald M. Goldstein on their work. She served during World War II and the Korean War.