Courtlandt Bryan

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Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan (born April 22, 1936), better known as C. D. Bryan, is an American author and journalist.

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A native of New York City, Bryan attended the Hotchkiss School in the class of 1954, and later received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1958. His parents were Joseph Bryan, III and Katharine Barnes Bryan; they later divorced, and his mother married John O'Hara, who was also an author. After completing his university studies, he served as an intelligence officer for a time.

Bryan is best known for his non-fiction book Friendly Fire (1976), about a family's reaction and change of heart after the loss of their son in the Vietnam War.