author
George A. Smith
From Army DJ in the Vietnam era to longtime American Forces Network broadcaster, his writing is shaped by decades spent bringing music, news, and a sense of home to service members overseas. His books blend memoir, history, and humor in a voice that feels lived-in and direct.
1 Audiobook
Dairy Disagreeables Busy the Bacteriologists
by Frank H. (Frank Henry) Hall, Harry Alexis Harding, L. A. (Lore Alford) Rogers, George A. Smith
About the author
George A. Smith is an American author and broadcaster best known for writing about military radio, service life, and the surprising cultural reach of the American Forces Network. In material published with Soldier of the Airwaves, he describes a career that began when he enlisted during the Vietnam War and grew into more than forty years of service in and out of uniform with AFN.
That background gives his work a distinctive mix of personal storytelling and historical perspective. Soldier of the Airwaves: Defending Democracy One Song at a Time looks back on broadcasting to U.S. troops abroad and on the wider influence of those programs, while Love, Lies & Lumbar Pain turns to later-life dating and family life with a more comic, self-aware tone.
Across both, the appeal is the same: practical experience, warmth, and an eye for the human side of events. Rather than writing from a distance, he writes like someone who was there and still has a good story to tell.