Background
Adleman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Adleman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A photographer and tail gunner in World World War II, he became a businessman and a historian, and began a collaboration with United States. Army Colonel George Walton to write books about World World War II, the most successful of which was 1966"s The Devil"s Brigade. A story about the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil"s Brigade", the book would be turned into a motion picture of the same name. They remained there for a number of years until they acquired a large ranch property in Oregon.
Adleman died in Ashland, Oregon, in 1995.