# Friedrich Seiltgen

*Contributor*

Friedrich Seiltgen is a retired Master Police Officer with the Orlando Police Department, now enjoying a second career writing about guns, aircraft, automobiles, and military history. His work has been featured in online and print publications, including The Counter Terrorist, The Journal of Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security, RECOIL Magazine, Off Grid Magazine, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, and The Armory Life. He currently resides in Florida with his family and enjoys traveling worldwide.

## Recent Articles

- [How an American Nazi became the World War II propagandist ‘Lord Haw-Haw’](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/how-an-american-nazi-became-the-world-war-ii-propagandist-lord-haw-haw.md>)
- [Green Beret ‘Hatchet Forces’ terrorized the communists during the Vietnam War](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/inside-this-us-special-operations-units-clandestine-missions-in-vietnam.md>)
- [The tradition and history of the military Challenge Coin](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-life/military-challenge-coin-history-tradition.md>)
- [The US Navy took out a German sub in a legendary, high-stakes WWII battle](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/how-the-us-navy-took-out-a-german-sub-in-a-legendary-high-stakes-wwii-battle.md>)
- [The USS Devilfish suffered the only kamikaze attack on a US submarine](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/only-kamikaze-attack-us-submarine-devilfish.md>)
- [How the daring rescue of 3 Army soldiers after a WWII plane crash in ‘Shangri-La’ unfolded](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/how-the-daring-rescue-of-3-army-soldiers-after-a-wwii-plane-crash-in-shangri-la-unfolded.md>)
- [Operation Tapeworm: How the US Army’s most elite hunted down Saddam’s sons](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/uday-and-qusay-hussein-army-special-forces-tapeworm.md>)
- [Special Forces fought North Vietnamese tanks for the first time at Lang Vei](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/north-vietnam-tanks-overran-special-forces.md>)
- [NASA’s ‘Flying Bathtub’ taught the Space Shuttle how to land](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/nasas-flying-bathtub-taught-the-space-shuttle-how-to-land.md>)
- [Air Commandos and the evolution of the ultimate gunship](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/air-commandos-and-the-evolution-of-the-ultimate-gunship.md>)