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Richard Tregaskis

Born

in Elizabeth, New Jersey, The United States

November 28, 1916

Died

August 15, 1973

Genre

Journalism, Military History, Nonfiction

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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. Prior to World War II he worked as a journalist for the Boston Herald newspaper.

Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, Tregaskis volunteered as a combat correspondent representing the International News Service. (In fact, Tregaskis was one of only two journalists on location at Guadalcanal.)

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. He subsequently covered the European Theater of Op ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 6,490 ratings · 364 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis, Mark Bowden (Introduction) 4.29 avg rating — 5,431 ratings — published 1943 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invasion Diary: A Dramatic Firsthand Account of the Allied Invasion of Italy 4.29 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1944 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vietnam Diary 4.01 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1963 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John F. Kennedy and PT-109 3.83 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1962 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Space Ship by Richard Tregaskis, Albert Scott Crossfield (Foreword) 3.95 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eyewitness to World War II: Guadalcanal Diary, Invasion Diary, and John F. Kennedy and PT-109 4.35 avg rating — 46 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warrior King: Hawaii's Kamehameha the Great 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China Bomb 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1967 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stronger Than Fear 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1945 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Plane to Shanghai liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The lure of the front is like an opiate.”
― Richard Tregaskis, Invasion Diary

tags: war, world-war-2

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“I don’t know how to express it,” he said, and it was plain to see that he was having difficulty putting his admiration into words. “I think the United States should be just as proud of these people who gave their lives,” he began, and paused, groping for a sufficiently glorious phrase, but it would not come. He finished the sentence lamely, “Gave their lives in the most wonderful work in our history.” He tried again. “I mean that when it comes to bravery, there isn’t anybody in the world that can beat us,” he said. “I don’t think the United States has an episode in its history that can touch what’s been done here.”
― Richard Tregaskis, Guadalcanal Diary

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“It is writing that does what only literature can do: transport you to another time and place and acquaint you with emotions and sensations that you otherwise would never feel.”
― Richard Tregaskis, Guadalcanal Diary

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