Richard Tregaskis, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Tregaskis

American journalist

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1916

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1973

Profession: writer, historian, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 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.