Alan D. Gaff (born 1948) is an American military historian, best known for his books focusing on American wars such as ''On Many a Bloody Field'' (1997), ''Bayonets in the Wilderness'' (2004), ''Blood in the Argonne'' (2005), and for his

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titled ''Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir'' (2020). A graduate of

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and

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, he is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the

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