The war was considerably more brutal in later years. Tregaskis was 26 at the time, like a lot of folks on guadalcanal, he was eventually evacuated when he got sick. Guadalcanal diary the national wwii museum new orleans. Cornelius greenway best wishes to one of the experts on the pt109 episode in naval history, richard tregaskis. Richard tregaskis was born in elizabeth, new jersey, on november 28, 1916, and educated at the pingrie day school for boys, elizabeth, new jersey, at peddie school, hightstonsic, new jersey, and at harvard university. Buy vietnam diary by richard tregaskis online at alibris. On august 7, 1942, eleven thousand us marines landed on tulagi and guadalcanal islands in. In the first american offensive of world war ii, tregaskis went ashore with the marines at guadalcanal on august 7, 1942 and stayed with them for the next six weeks while they fought for survival against the japanese. One of only two onlocation news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers.
Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to. The principal focus of this war diary is on the people and events that shape the battle for guadalcanal. Guadalcanal diary is a nonfiction diary of richard tregaskis s experience on guadalcanal as a news correspondent. Richard tregaskis november 28, 1916 august 15, 1973 was a reporter for the international news service who served as a frontline reporter for the marines during both theatres of operation. The book recounts the authors time with the united states marine corps on guadalcanal in the early stages of the pivotal monthslong battle there starting in 1942. Appropriately, he focuses the book on the fighting men rather than himself. Great narrative on early days of vietnam war its a great book by richard and gives a good account of what it was like to fight the early days of the war. Richard tregaskis 19161973 was a journalist and awardwinning author best known for guadalcanal diary 1943, his bestselling chronicle of the us marine corps invasion of the solomon islands during world war ii.
Richard tregaskis is best known as the pioneering war correspondent who wrote the famed book, guadalcanal diary, a blend of memoir and war reporting based on his time as an ontheground correspondent in the. Guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis, first edition. Tregaskis served as a war correspondent during world war ii, the korean war, and the vietnam war. Guadalcanal diary book richard tregaskis picture version 1943 random house.
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Powered by ebay turbo lister the free listing tool. Although tregaskis is present throughout the narrative as observer, his attention is almost. Writer and correspondent richard tregaskis covered world war ii, korea and vietnam from a frontline perspective. Tregaskis most renowned book, guadalcanal diary, recorded his experiences with the marines on guadalcanal. This book covers just the first two months of the guadalcanal campaign. Richard tregaskis is best known as the pioneering war correspondent who wrote the famed book, guadalcanal diary, a blend of memoir and war reporting based on his time as an ontheground correspondent in the long, pivotal, bloody, 194243 world war ii battle in the south pacific. Richard tregaskis has 16 books on goodreads with 8320 ratings. Apr 17, 2000 i read authors guadalcanal diary and pt 109 books years ago and did not realize that this book had the same author until i was about 23 through the book. This celebrated classic gives a soldierseyeview of the guadalcanal battlescrucial to world war ii, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Find guadalcanal diary by tregaskis, richard at biblio. Author of guadalcanal diary, x15 diary, stronger than fear, the warrior king, invasion diary, last plane to shanghai, southeast asia. Tregaskis has a way of giving depth to men mentioned in the book. Richard tregaskis was a journalist and author, best known for his work guadalcanal diary in 1943.
He was the winner of the george polk award in 1964 for reporting under hazardous conditions. The collection of richard tregaskis consists of manuscripts, correspondence, personal. He remains best known for his first book, guadalcanal diary. Unlike some of those on guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, richard tregaskis volunteered to be there. Through the course of the book tregaskis develops deep friendships with many of the troops who begin to open up to him and explain their experiences that they have been through since the beginning of the war. The paperback of the guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis at barnes. Tregaskis himself became a casualty of world war ii later in 1943, when in sicily a piece of german shrapnel went. Tregaskiss account, published in 1943 as guadalcanal diary, was a bestseller and adapted into a movie starring preston foster, lloyd nolan, william bendix, richard conte, and anthony quinn. Vietnam diary is a remarkable book that takes the reader to the heart of what it was like to be fighting in this vicious war. Richard tregaskis was born on november 28, 1916 in elizabeth, new jersey, usa. Richard tregaskis, author, dead at 56 the new york times. Like guadalcanal diary, i will cherish this book always. Tregaskis did a very nice job on thissetting the standard for modern war correspondents. This celebrated classic gives a soldierseyeview of the guadalcanal battles crucial to world war ii, the war that continues to fascinate us all.
Guadalcanal diary richard tregaskis hardcover 1st ed us marine corps 1943 n 8. Assigned to cover the war in the pacific, tregaskis spent part of august and most of september, 1942 reporting on marines on guadalcanal, a pivotal campaign in the war against japan. Richard tregaskis collection howard gotlieb archival research. In addition to writing articles for the ins wire service, tregaskis kept a diary of his experience with the marines. Guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis librarything. Though there are many and more recent books on this important battle, guadalcanal diary is combat reporting at its best. The history of world war ii war correspondent richard tregaskis, the author of the. In fact, tregaskis was one of only two journalists on location at guadalcanal. Tregaskis was ineligible for the draft as he had type 1 diabetes and he instead became a reporter during the guadalcanal campaign on a small island in the solomon islands in late 1942 and early 1943.
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On august 7, 1942, eleven thousand us marines landed on tulagi and guadalcanal islands in the south pacific. He is survived by his widow, moana, and his mother, mrs. A superb eyewitness account of one of the bloodiest and most pivotal battles of world war ii mark bowden, author of black hawk down. Nov 15, 2016 guadalcanal diary ebook written by richard tregaskis. Discover book depositorys huge selection of richard tregaskis books online. Tregaskis 1943, 1st printing usmc in wwii, 1942 ebay. Guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis, first edition abebooks. Vietnam is a tedious, frustrating kind of war, especially for the 14,000 americans involved in it. Vietnam diary 1963 documents the increased involvement of u.
The cover of the guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis. He was a writer, known for fair wind to java 1953, guadalcanal diary 1943 and force of arms 1951. Richard william tregaskis november 28, 1916 august 15, 1973 was an american journalist and author whose bestknown work is guadalcanal diary 1943, an account of just the first several weeks in august september 1942 of the u. An onlocation news correspondent at the time, one of only two on guadalcanal, he lived alongside the soldiers. This book gives an incredible incite to the early years of american involvement in the vietnam war.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read guadalcanal diary. Born in elizabeth, new jersey, tregaskis graduated from harvard university and reported for the boston american before joining the international news service. His books include guadalcanal diary, flint whitlock is a cofounder of the colorado military history museum and the author of the rock of anzio. Martinique, nicaragua, peru, pakistan, paraguay, reunion. International shipping will require additional postage. Early book on vietnam war before us forces took on a majority of the fighting. While writing the manuscript for guadalcanal diary, richard tregaskis experienced profound and acute emotions as he recounted the stories of the men he had lived with on the island, and was grateful that he was still alive. Richard tregaskis 191673 was a noted correspondent and writer who reported on several wars, including the second world war and the korean and vietnam conflicts. Even though he was not fighting, he was living alongside the soldiers of his group and dodging gunfire along the way.
Vietnam diary by richard tregaskis 1 edition first published in 1963 not in library. Guadalcanal diary by tregaskis, richard used books and. He was a volunteer, and knew what he was getting into, but still was up to the challenge of war. Guadalcanal diary by tregaskis, richard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Richard tregaskis books list of books by author richard. An authority on the wars against communism is asia, tregaskis has reported extensively on the chinese civil war, korea, the guerrilla wars in indochina, malaya, and indonesia. While the book is 1st printing written on first inside page, the dust jacket may not be 1st printing no price. The book had more information about aircraft and equipment than any vietnam war book i have read. Nov 15, 2016 richard tregaskis 19161973 was a journalist and awardwinning author best known for guadalcanal diary 1943, his bestselling chronicle of the us marine corps invasion of the solomon islands during world war ii. One of the greatest war movies of all time, combining actionpacked, highcaliber battle sequences with quintessential foxholebuddy camaraderie.
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