Sherman L. Fleek
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Sherman L. Fleek is an American military historian, born at Hill AFB and raised in Layton, Utah
, specializing on Mormon military history. He has also written on topics related to Latter-day Saint history that are not always military in nature. Fleek rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army
, serving as an aviator, Special Forces officer, and historian in several command and staff positions. His last duty in the Army was chief historian for the National Guard Bureau in Washington DC, when he retired in 2002. The Army approached him in 2005 while serving as a historian for a Civil War non-profit preservation foundation, to enter federal civil service and become the official command historian for the United States Army reconstruction effort in Iraq. Fleek deployed to Iraq for three months in 2006 as a historian. Fleek served as command historian of Walter Reed Army Medical Center
from 2007 to 2009. In May 2009 he assumed the position as historian for the United States Military Academy
at West Point.
Fleek received a bachelors degree in English from Brigham Young University
in 1982, and a masters degree in history from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
while serving in the Army at Fort Carson. He is a Latter-day Saint and as of April 2009 was serving as a member of the high council of the Winchester Virginia Stake of the Church. He served a LDS mission in the Idaho Pocatello Mission, after having completed four years as an enlisted soldier with the Army, 1973-77, in Germany.
Books by Fleek include History May Be Searched in Vain: A Military History of the Mormon Battalion (414 pages, Arthur H. Clark Company
) which won the Utah State History Society Amy Price Military History Award for 2007. He also wrote, Place the Headstones Where They Belong : Thomas Neibaur, WWI Soldier (Logan: Utah State University Press). Fleek also contributed many articles to Military History, America's Civil War
, Wild West, as well as Army and Mormon Heritage Magazine.
Layton, Utah
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, specializing on Mormon military history. He has also written on topics related to Latter-day Saint history that are not always military in nature. Fleek rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, serving as an aviator, Special Forces officer, and historian in several command and staff positions. His last duty in the Army was chief historian for the National Guard Bureau in Washington DC, when he retired in 2002. The Army approached him in 2005 while serving as a historian for a Civil War non-profit preservation foundation, to enter federal civil service and become the official command historian for the United States Army reconstruction effort in Iraq. Fleek deployed to Iraq for three months in 2006 as a historian. Fleek served as command historian of Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center was the United States Army's flagship medical center until 2011. Located on 113 acres in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the military...
from 2007 to 2009. In May 2009 he assumed the position as historian for the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
at West Point.
Fleek received a bachelors degree in English from Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
in 1982, and a masters degree in history from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a campus of the University of Colorado system, the state university system of Colorado....
while serving in the Army at Fort Carson. He is a Latter-day Saint and as of April 2009 was serving as a member of the high council of the Winchester Virginia Stake of the Church. He served a LDS mission in the Idaho Pocatello Mission, after having completed four years as an enlisted soldier with the Army, 1973-77, in Germany.
Books by Fleek include History May Be Searched in Vain: A Military History of the Mormon Battalion (414 pages, Arthur H. Clark Company
Arthur H. Clark Company
The Arthur H. Clark Company is a major printer of publications related to the history of the Western United States.The company was named for its founder Arthur Henry Clark . He was born and raised in England and attended the University of Oxford for a time before having to find work because of...
) which won the Utah State History Society Amy Price Military History Award for 2007. He also wrote, Place the Headstones Where They Belong : Thomas Neibaur, WWI Soldier (Logan: Utah State University Press). Fleek also contributed many articles to Military History, America's Civil War
America's Civil War
America's Civil War is a full-color history magazine published bi-monthly which covers the American Civil War. It was established in 1988 by editor Roy Morris Jr. It covers the battles, campaigns, leaders, and common soldiers of the Civil War...
, Wild West, as well as Army and Mormon Heritage Magazine.