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100 1  Tregaskis, Richard,|d1916-1973. 
245 10 Guadalcanal Diary /|cRichard Tregaskis. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bOpen Road Media,
       |c[2016] 
264  4 |c©2016 
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520    #1 New York Times Bestseller: The definitive eyewitness 
       account of one of the bloodiest and most pivotal battles 
       of World War II. On August 7, 1942, eleven thousand US 
       Marines landed on Tulagi and Guadalcanal Islands in the 
       South Pacific. It was the first major Allied offensive 
       against Japanese forces; the first time in history that a 
       combined air, land, and sea assault had ever been 
       attempted; and, after six months of vicious fighting, a 
       crushing defeat for the Empire of Japan and a major 
       turning point in the Pacific War. Volunteer combat 
       correspondent Richard Tregaskis was one of only two 
       journalists on hand to witness the invasion of 
       Guadalcanal. He risked life and limb to give American 
       readers a soldier's experience of the war in the Pacific, 
       from the suffocating heat and humidity to the unique 
       terror of fighting in tall, razor-sharp grass and in 
       crocodile-infested jungle streams against a concealed 
       enemy. In understated yet graceful prose, Tregaskis 
       details the first two months of the campaign and describes
       the courage and camaraderie of young marines who prepared 
       for battle knowing that one in four of them wouldn't make 
       it home. An instant bestseller when it was first published
       in 1943 and the basis for a popular film of the same name,
       Guadalcanal Diary set the standard for World War II 
       reportage. Hailed by the New York Times as "one of the 
       literary events of its time," it is a masterpiece of war 
       journalism whose influence can be found in classic works 
       such as John Hersey's Hiroshima , Michael Herr's 
       Dispatches , and Dexter Filkins's The Forever War . This 
       ebook features an illustrated biography of Richard 
       Tregaskis including rare images from the American Heritage
       Center at the University of Wyoming. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Tregaskis, Richard,|d1916-1973|vDiaries. 
610 10 United States.|bMarine Corps|xHistory|yWorld War, 1939-
       1945. 
610 10 United States.|bMarine Corps|vBiography. 
650  0 Marines|zUnited States|vDiaries. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xCampaigns|zSolomon Islands
       |zGuadalcanal. 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / World War II.|2bisacsh 
650 10 World War, 1939-1945|vPersonal narratives, American. 
651  0 Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)|xHistory, Military. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aTregaskis, Richard, 1916-1973.
       |tGuadalcanal diary.|dNew York : Modern Library, 2000.
       |z0679640231 (alk. paper)|w(DLC)99086361 
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