Paul Westermeyer

Paul W. Westermeyer is a public historian and the 2015 recipient of "The Brigadier General Edwin Simmons-Henry I. Shaw Award" for his book Liberating Kuwait: U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.

Education
Westermeyer received both his bachelor's (in history) and master's degrees (in military history) from Ohio State University.

Career
He began his career teaching history at Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College. In 2005, Westermeyer became a historian for the Marine Corps History Division, where he began publishing books. He is the series historian for the Marines in the Vietnam War Commemorative Series.

Awards
In 2015, Westermeyer was awarded The Brigadier General Edwin Simmons–Henry I. Shaw Award for superior historical scholarship, a prize given out by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.

Publications

 * U.S. Marines in Battle: Al-Khafji, 28 January - 1 February 1991
 * Liberating Kuwait: U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990-1991
 * Desert Voices: An Oral History Anthology of Marines in the Gulf War, 1990-1991
 * U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, 2010-2014: Anthology and Annotated Bibliography