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Guadalcanal Diary is a memoir written by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis and originally published by Random House on January 1, 1943. [2] The book recounts the author's time with the United States Marine Corps on Guadalcanal in the early stages of the pivotal months-long battle there starting in 1942. [3]
An official U.S. Marine Corps photograph of Richard Tregaskis (left) with Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift, ca. 1942. Richard William Tregaskis (November 28, 1916 – August 15, 1973) was an American journalist and author whose best-known work is Guadalcanal Diary (1943), an account of the first several weeks (in August - September 1942) of the U.S. Marine Corps invasion of Guadalcanal in ...
Guadalcanal Diary is a 1943 World War II war film directed by Lewis Seiler, featuring Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn and the film debut of Richard Jaeckel. It is based on the book of the same name by Richard Tregaskis.
Kelly's first major deployment was the Guadalcanal campaign. Journalist Richard Tregaskis accompanied the Marine Corps; Tregaskis' resulting book, Guadalcanal Diary, featured Kelly. In the subsequent film, the fictional character of Father Donnelly played by Preston Foster was based on Kelly. [8]
Richard Tregaskis, who wrote for International News Service, gained fame with the publication of his bestselling Guadalcanal Diary in 1943. [185] Hanson Baldwin, a Navy correspondent, filed stories for The New York Times and won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the early days of World War II. [184]
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Jan. 12, 1943: ... Hit by torpedoes, the ship sinks on Nov. 13, 1942, during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Three ...
Guadalcanal Diary may refer to: Guadalcanal Diary (book) , a memoir of war correspondent Richard Tregaskis, published 1 January 1943 Guadalcanal Diary (film) , a 1943 20th Century Fox film adaptation of the book
Guadalcanal Diary: Lewis Seiler: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan: The film, based on the book of the same name by Richard Tregaskis, recounts the United States Marines in the Battle of Guadalcanal, only a year before the movie's release. 1943 Gung Ho! Ray Enright: Randolph Scott: The story is loosely based on the Makin Island raid in 1942.