"Richard Price (born October 12, 1949) is an American novelist and screenwriter, known for the books The Wanderers (1974), Clockers (1992) and Lush Life (2008). Price's novels explore late-20th century urban America in a gritty, realistic manner that has brought him considerable literary acclaim." -- biographical information from Price's Wikipedia page
Dick Dirkes entered the 10th Mountain Division in 1943 and trained at Camp Hale. He married Laverne Williams in 1949; the couple raised two sons. After the passing of his first wife, Laverne, Dirkes married Joy Wolfe.
Contributor to "The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal," (source: The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal)