Editing Keith Laumer (section)

==Early life==
Keith Laumer was born in 1925 in [[Syracuse, New York]].  He attended Indiana University, 1943–44, and then served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] in the Second World War in Europe. He later attended [[Stockholm University]], 1948–49, and then received a [[bachelor's degree]] in architecture in 1950 from the [[University of Illinois]]. He served twice in the [[US Air Force]], 1953–56 and 1960–65, attaining the rank of captain in the latter tour. In between the two terms in the military, Laumer was a member of the [[US Foreign Service]] in [[Burma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://baencd.freedoors.org/Books/Retief/0671318578___0.htm|title = - Prologue}}</ref>

In the late 1950s, Mr. Laumer returned to [[Florida]] and purchased a small two-[[acre]] island on a lake in [[Hernando County]] near [[Weeki Wachee]]. He would reside there for the rest of his life.

Around this time he turned his attention to writing, specifically science fiction; his first work, a short story, was published in April 1959.