Donald E. McQuinn

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Donald E. McQuinn
OccupationUS Marine
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Notable worksTargets; Warrior; The Prisoner Within

Donald E. McQuinn (born 1930 in Winthrop, Massachusetts) is an American best-selling author, [1] and former U.S. Marine.

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McQuinn graduated from high school in Texas, and attended the University of Washington on a Navy scholarship. He served 20 years in the Marines, retiring in 1971 as a major, before becoming an author.

In September 1998 he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while on vacation in Hawaii and became the first person saved by the police department's recent deployment of automated external defibrillators. [1]

A third book in the Captain Lannat series was announced by the publisher as "a work in progress", [2] but remains unfinished or unpublished.

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  1. 1 2 "Survivor: Donald McQuinn: Vacationer Saved by Police Officer". Philips.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007.
  2. Harris, Ellen Key (September 1997). "Del Rey Internet Newsletter". Random House. Archived from the original on 2004-04-16. Alt URL

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