MARK HUBBS is an eleven-year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry. Since leaving active duty he has worked as a historic preservation specialist and archaeologist for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. His work has taken him to several far-flung islands in the Pacific where the fierce battles of World War II have left relics both above and below the surface of the coral sand. Mark has had a life-long passion for history. This interest ranges from battles and leaders to the more mundane cultural and material history of the common people who were the real heroes of the past. History is more than anything else the story of ordinary people and how those people reacted to extraordinary circumstances. For almost four decades Mark has learned first hand how the people of the past lived by participating in costumed living history programs at scores of American battlefields and historic sites.