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Richard Tregaskis
Richard Tregaskis (1916–1973) was a journalist and award-winning author best known for Guadalcanal Diary (1943), his bestselling chronicle of the US Marine Corps invasion of the So...view moreRichard Tregaskis (1916–1973) was a journalist and award-winning author best known for Guadalcanal Diary (1943), his bestselling chronicle of the US Marine Corps invasion of the Solomon Islands during World War II. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Tregaskis graduated from Harvard University and reported for the Boston American before joining the International News Service. Assigned to cover the Pacific Fleet operations after Pearl Harbor, he was one of only two reporters to land with the Marines on Guadalcanal Island. His dramatic account of the campaign was adapted into a popular film and became required reading for all Marine Corps officer candidates. Invasion Diary (1944) vividly recounts the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy and Tregaskis’s brush with death when a chunk of German shrapnel pierced his skull. Vietnam Diary (1963) documents the increased involvement of U.S. troops in the conflict between North and South Vietnam and was awarded the Overseas Press Club’s George Polk Award. Tregaskis’s other honors include the Purple Heart and the International News Service Medal of Honor for Heroic Devotion to Duty. He traveled the world many times over, and wrote about subjects as varied as the first space ship (X-15 Diary, 1961), John F. Kennedy’s heroism during World War II (John F. Kennedy and PT-109, 1962), and the great Hawaiian king Kamehameha I (Warrior King, 1973). On August 15, 1973, Tregaskis suffered a fatal heart attack while swimming near his home in Hawaii. After a traditional Hawaiian funeral, his ashes were scattered in the waters off Waikiki Beach.
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Books by Richard Tregaskis
Guadalcanal Diary John F. Kennedy and PT-109 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Invasion Diary: A Dramatic Firsthand Account of the Allied Invasion of Italy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eyewitness to World War II: Guadalcanal Diary, Invasion Diary, and John F. Kennedy and PT-109 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVietnam Diary Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5World in Crisis: Classic Accounts of World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsX-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Space Ship Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Audiobooks by Richard Tregaskis
Guadalcanal Diary: 2nd Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Spaceship Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Invasion Diary Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5John F. Kennedy and PT-109 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5