Ray Schumack, a lifelong professional business writer, is the author of News Dispatches from the Korean War, his first published book. He has written here a hilarious and true account of his experience living with tropical fish and added a short story, also true and written at age fourteen, about a shotgun his parents permitted him to buy when he was twelve years old. In his civilian life, Schumack held positions as a magazine editor, publicity director, and an account executive for a Madison Avenue advertising and public relations agency. He served for fifteen years as chief communications officer in the corporate headquarters of a Fortune 500 company, where he was responsible for the companys corporate communications and the product promotion literature for seventeen divisions worldwide. His business articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune magazine and many other publications. On retiring from the business world he established his own public relations firm and continues to serve several clients.
