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Richard William Tregaskis (November 28, 1916 β August 15, 1973) was an American journalist and author whose best-known work is Guadalcanal Diary (1943), an account of just the first several weeks (in August - September 1942) of the U.S. Marine Corps invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. This was actually a six-month-long campaign. Tregaskis served as a war correspondent during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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GenderMale
Birthday1916-11-28
Deathday1973-08-15 (56 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsGeorge Polk Award
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