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Robert J. Dvorchak worked as a journalist for nearly 50 years, including eight years as a New York City-based national writer for The Associated Press. In 1990, he was sent to Saudi Arabia to cover the military buildup leading up to Operation Desert Storm and served on a media combat pool assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division during its invasion of Iraq. A U.S. Army veteran who was drafted during the Vietnam Era, he has received numerous writing awards and is an honorary member of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His father was a Navy veteran in World War II, and his oldest brother was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Purple Hearts as a member of the Air Cavalry Troop of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam.
A 1972 graduate of California (PA) University with a degree in English literature, he has covered such stories as the original outbreak of Legionnaires Disease in Philadelphia, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the earthquake in San Francisco that disrupted the 1989 World Series, the Jeffrey Dahmer serial killings, the first World Trade Center bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing, three Super Bowls, two Stanley Cup finals and two World Series.
He has also authored four books, including a Korean War history entitled Battle For Korea and Game Over about the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State.
Born in 1949 in Uniontown, Pa., he was inducted into the inaugural class of the Uniontown Area High School Hall of Fame in 2013. Currently an independent media consultant and public speaker who advocates on behalf of veterans, he has taught several courses at the University of Pittsburgh. A resident of the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, he is married with two daughters and five granddaughters.
SOCRS095- Osee "Trey" Fagan- "The Untold Stories of Valhalla"
SOCRS094- Barry Zworestine- "Country Roots"
SOCRS093- Boone Cutler- "On The Front Lines...Always"
SOCRS092- Jack Berman- "The Shirts Off Their Backs"
SOCRS091- Roy Duncan- "Do Your Job, Come Home, and Get Busy to Work"
SOCRS090- Brandon Long- "I Feel Like Superman...I Feel Free (Shut Up & Be A Marine)"
SOCRS089- Lani Hankins- "Kruse Corner: Where Nobody Fights Alone"
SOCRS088- Annette Whittenberger- "A Wild Ride Called Life"
SOCRS087- John Cunningham- "Freedom, Protecting Your People & Splendid Isolation"
SOCRS086- Jeff Lodick- "Freedom, Baseball, and Life"
SOCRS085- James Van Prooyen- "Networking The Veteran Highlander"
SOCRS084- Justin Cobb- "Call of Duty, Freedom, and the Harley-Davidson Family"
SOCRS083- Pete A. Turner- "The Break It Down Show: Telling Relevant Stories One Human Being At A Time"
SOCRS082- Scott "Jacko" Jackman- "Whiskeys Wish: Dogs & Recovery"
SOCRS081- "Freedom Matters 01: What Does FREEDOM Mean To You?"
SOCRS080- Simon Kirby- "Belfast, Hard Work, Beaches & The American Dream"
SOCRS079- Joe Crane- "Cobras, Freedom & Master Minds"
SOCRS078- Chad Walker- "Operation Green Shield & ClienTell: Making Real Differences"
SOCRS077- Andrew Nelson- "Going With The Flow, Thinking Big, Hunger & Drive"
SOCRS076- Mark Green- "Building Resiliency & Creating Hope in Transition"
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