Hugh Ambrose, author of The Pacific, the companion book to HBO's World War II mini-series of the same name, died on Saturday, the New York Times reported. He was 48 and had been battling cancer.
Son of historian Stephen E. Ambrose, Hugh Ambrose was a researcher for several of his father's books, including Band of Brothers, which also became an HBO mini-series. The two began work on The Pacific together, but after his father died in 2002, Hugh Ambrose finished it on his own. He was also a former v-p of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans and the historical consultant for Price for Peace, a documentary about the Pacific theater.