William Louis Rose (1947–2020)
Sailor, Published Author, Writer, Musician and Animal Lover.
William was a retired twenty-year active duty veteran of the United States Navy. During his Navy career he served in many duties and responsibilities, but most noteworthy was his tour of duty in Vietnam. While in-country in Vietnam, he was a member of an all-volunteer force that was a Naval Aviation Squadron (UH1 Huey Gunships), where he became a U. S. Navy HAL(3) “Seawolf”, an elite force of uniquely trained individuals specifically formed to support Naval Special Warfare Operations and Mobile Riverine Forces during the Vietnam War.
After his retirement from the U. S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer, Mr. Rose sequentially created two successful companies specializing in Electronics Repair and Software Development respectively. After those experiences, he became an Applications Engineer for a major Data Communications equipment manufacturer. Once obtaining a comfortable level of expertise, Mr. Rose became a private consultant and remained so until his second retirement in 2004. He started writing manuscripts professionally in 2019.
Mr. Rose was a published author, writer, poet and Musician. He was an accomplished multi-instrumentalist musician and his musical genres included bluegrass, Jazz, county, blues, classical and pop.
He has written books and short stories about the Vietnam war, Navy Sea Stories, Metaphysical Traveling, Meditation, life growing up in South Florida, children’s books and short stories. He particularly enjoys writing about his life on a dairy farm as a young boy.