Alan E Mesches

Author Alan Mesches is a retired sales and marketing executive. His first book, Major General James A. Ulio, How the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army Enabled Allied Victory (Casemate Publishers 2020) resulted in Ulio's posthumous selection to the Army's Adjutant General's Hall of Fame at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In 2023, Mesches wrote The Flying Grunt, the Story of Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey, United States Marine Corps (Ret) (Casemate Publishers). That biography was based on 100 hours interviews with General Carey, interviews with more than 30 fellow Marines, family, and friends, Marine Corps documents, and media stories. Mesches graduated from Gowanda Central School near Buffalo in 1967. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science along with his commission in the United States Air Force through ROTC from Grove City (PA) College in 1971. In 1972, he received his Master of Science in journalism from Ohio University. He served in the Air Force as a public affairs officer with the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing as Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, NC. Following service in the Air Force, he held sales, management, and marketing assignments with Procter and Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Coca-Cola Amatil in Poland, and Naturally Fresh. He retired from Naturally Fresh as Vice President Distributor Sales and Marketing in 2011. During his 36-year business career, he worked in Florida, Georgia, Texas and Poland. Since retiring, Mesches has been an active community volunteer. For seven years he taught English as a Second Language classes to adults. He graduated from Leadership Frisco and is a member of the group’s advisory council. Appointed by the City Council to Frisco’s Urban Forestry Board, he served for four years. He is currently a member of Frisco's Park and Trail Naming Committee. In addition, he has been on the Frisco Veterans Advisory Council since 2018. Since 2015, he has been a program manager with the Frisco Young Entrepreneur’s Academy. Mesches became interested in military human-interest stories when he and his father began research to learn more about a missing World War II soldier who was in his father’s high school class. Their efforts resulted in the soldier be honored in his hometown and posthumously awarded nine medals including the Bronze Star and POW medals.