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This celebrated classic gives a soldier’s-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles–crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news correspondent (at the time, one of only ...
Nov 15, 2021 · Audio CD. $14.97 2 New from $14.97. In the late summer of 1942, more than ten thousand members of the First Marine Division held a tenuous toehold on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. As American marines battled Japanese forces for control of the island, they were joined by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis.
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- Ray E. Boomhower
Though he was never a famous name, Tregaskis created early in his career a classic of war reporting that was a great critical and popular success. His eyewitness account of the Marines fighting their first major campaign in the Pacific, Guadalcanal Diary (1943), was eagerly read on the home front, where in a pre-television era there was a great ...
Dec 27, 2017 · Combat correspondent Richard Tregaskis recounts what he saw when the Allies invaded the island of Guadalcanal in 1942. The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal, marked the first major offensive made by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan during World War II. On August 7, 1942, the Allies invaded the island of ...
Feb 12, 1984 · This page is managed by the estate of Richard Tregaskis, who was a prolific writer and reporter. He received the Overseas Press Club's George Polk Award in 1964 for first-person reporting under hazardous circumstances. He died in 1973. This page is managed by his estate who launched the Richard Tregaskis Classics Collection.
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About the author. This page is managed by the estate of Richard Tregaskis, who was a prolific writer and reporter. He received the Overseas Press Club's George Polk Award in 1964 for first-person reporting under hazardous circumstances. He died in 1973.
Books. Invasion Diary. Richard Tregaskis. JMFDEA PRESS, 2021 - Biography & Autobiography - 366 pages. Invasion Diary is a personal account of the US Forces as they secured Sicily and Italy by famed war correspondent, Richard Tregaskis. It was a miracle he wrote about it all, after narrowly surviving a blast to his head.
