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Howard Thomas Snow, Jr., (author of The Gray
Warriors) was maintaining helicopters for an oil company
in the jungles of Peru when his camp was attacked by
communist terrorists. When he came to, he'd been shot
and stabbed and was the only one alive. He managed to
sew himself up and walk to another camp 10 miles away.
It took him three days.
While recuperating he was recruited by the Department of State to maintain aircraft for the DEA during Operation Snowcap, Washington's attempt to curtail the production of cocaine in Peru. The Gray Warriors is based on actual events that occurred during that operation. It tells how Howard (as Josh Phillips in the book) takes part in daring rescues of missionaries, teachers, and DEA agents. How Howard and the crew with him have their helicopter shot out from under them and hide out in a swamp with 200
While recuperating he was recruited by the Department of State to maintain aircraft for the DEA during Operation Snowcap, Washington's attempt to curtail the production of cocaine in Peru. The Gray Warriors is based on actual events that occurred during that operation. It tells how Howard (as Josh Phillips in the book) takes part in daring rescues of missionaries, teachers, and DEA agents. How Howard and the crew with him have their helicopter shot out from under them and hide out in a swamp with 200
Howard Thomas Snow, Jr.
Biography
Biography
rebels and drug traffickers looking for them. How Howard is caught alone in his shop when 600
terrorists, the trained forces of the communists and drug traffickers, infiltrate his base. And how he and
90 other Americans face those terrorists in the Battle of Santa Lucia.
Although a pilot since the age of 17, Howard was first a speech & debate coach at Aurora High School in Missouri. Then he taught Mathematics and Aviation Science at the College of the Ozarks.
His experience maintaining aircraft and teaching others how to maintain aircraft has taken him all over the world. He worked for Cessna in Belgium, France, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the Philippines; for Baker Aviation above the Arctic Circle in Alaska; for the King in Saudi Arabia; and for the United Nations in Africa.
Howard was born in San Antonio, and one of his ancestors fought at the Alamo. He grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and has Bachelor Degrees from the University of Central Oklahoma in Speech and in Sociology and Master's Degrees in Education and in History from Drury University. He studied aviation at Spartan College of Aeronautics and has a certificate of Airport Management, an A&P License, an Inspection Authorization Certificate, and a Pilot Certificate.
Although a pilot since the age of 17, Howard was first a speech & debate coach at Aurora High School in Missouri. Then he taught Mathematics and Aviation Science at the College of the Ozarks.
His experience maintaining aircraft and teaching others how to maintain aircraft has taken him all over the world. He worked for Cessna in Belgium, France, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the Philippines; for Baker Aviation above the Arctic Circle in Alaska; for the King in Saudi Arabia; and for the United Nations in Africa.
Howard was born in San Antonio, and one of his ancestors fought at the Alamo. He grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and has Bachelor Degrees from the University of Central Oklahoma in Speech and in Sociology and Master's Degrees in Education and in History from Drury University. He studied aviation at Spartan College of Aeronautics and has a certificate of Airport Management, an A&P License, an Inspection Authorization Certificate, and a Pilot Certificate.
Contact Howard: clsnow108@gmail.com