Charles F. Marshall was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1915. He is a graduate of Columbia University, the U.S. Army's Armored Force Officer Candidate School, and its Military Intelligence School. He served in the army from 1942 to 1946, attaining the rank of captain. In 1994 he published the widely acclaimed book Discovering the Rommel Murder: The Life and Death of the Desert Fox. He lives in Holtsville, New York.
