Richard Tregaskis (1916–1973)
Autore di Guadalcanal Diary
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Tregaskis, Richard William
- Data di nascita
- 1916-11-28
- Data di morte
- 1973-08-15
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Cremated, ashes scattered off of Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Hawaii, USA (drowned after heart attack)
- Luogo di residenza
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (death)
Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA (birth) - Istruzione
- Harvard University (BA|1938)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
war correspondent
screenwriter - Relazioni
- Tregaskis, Moana (second wife)
- Organizzazioni
- International News Service
Boston American Record - Premi e riconoscimenti
- George Polk Award (1964)
- Breve biografia
- Richard Tregaskis, born in New Jersey in 1916, was a war correspondent and author. Prevented by bad eyesight from enlisting in the armed forces during World War II, he covered both the Pacific and European theaters as a correspondent and was badly wounded in Italy. He chronicled his wartime experiences in many books, including "Guadalcanal Diary" (1943) and "Invasion Diary" (1944). The bulk of his career was spent reporting on events in Asia and Oceania. Tregaskis covered nine wars, including the Chinese Civil War, Korean, and Vietnam War. He also wrote poetry, novels, biographies, magazine articles, and screenplays for motion pictures and television. Tregaskis drowned near Honolulu in 1973.
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a truly great book--will give you nightmares
Dick Tregaskis was a legendary American war correspondent who covered the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam. When he was just 26 years old, he accompanied Marines who landed on the island of Guadalcanal with the goal of taking it back from the Japanese. This book — his best-known work — tells the story of the first three months of that battle, which lasted many more months, and which ended in an American victory.
The historical significance of Guadalcanal consisted of the fact that it was the first land battle between American and Axis troops during the Second World War (the U.S. landing in North Africa came a few months later).
But Tregaskis was not interested in the broad strategy. This is history told at ground level, stories of men (always identified by their home town – e.g., Lieut. Col. William S. Fellers of Atlanta, Ga.) engaged in personal combat. Encounters with Japanese snipers, enemy craft bombarding the shore, Zero fighters coming in to bomb and strafe, are still frightening to read now, eight decades later.
Tregaskis does find some men who panic, some who flee, some who hide — but the vast majority display incredible heroism under fire. However, his description of the enemy is unflattering in the extreme and will make for uncomfortable reading today.… (altro)
The historical significance of Guadalcanal consisted of the fact that it was the first land battle between American and Axis troops during the Second World War (the U.S. landing in North Africa came a few months later).
But Tregaskis was not interested in the broad strategy. This is history told at ground level, stories of men (always identified by their home town – e.g., Lieut. Col. William S. Fellers of Atlanta, Ga.) engaged in personal combat. Encounters with Japanese snipers, enemy craft bombarding the shore, Zero fighters coming in to bomb and strafe, are still frightening to read now, eight decades later.
Tregaskis does find some men who panic, some who flee, some who hide — but the vast majority display incredible heroism under fire. However, his description of the enemy is unflattering in the extreme and will make for uncomfortable reading today.… (altro)
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- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 20
- ISBN
- 49
- Lingue
- 1
The book was published in 1943 and gave Americans at home a bird’s-eye view of the battle in the Pacific as he lived alongside the soldiers and experienced all that they did. Morale was high even though they were dealing with night raids, snipers and bombing attacks. Even dealing with disease, lack of food and sleep, he was able to let America know that their “boys’ were performing well.
Guadalcanal Diary is frontline reporting at it’s best. Written in diary form, there is very little about “me” or “I”. It’s all about the soldiers. The story is engrossing and historically accurate, written in simple prose that highlights the slang of the day and grounds the book in reality. This is an honest and compelling account of what the Marines were facing as they fought and liberated this small corner of the Pacific.… (altro)