Guadalcanal Diary (book)

Guadalcanal Diary
First edition
AuthorRichard Tregaskis
SubjectGuadalcanal, World War II
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1943[1]

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] It was the first book published by Random House to sell more than 100,000 copies.[4]

Almost immediately after publication, the memoir was made into a movie of the same name featuring William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, and John Archer, marking the movie debut of Richard Jaeckel.

  1. ^ Norman Polmar; Thomas B. Allen (15 August 2012). World War II: the Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941-1945. Courier Corporation. pp. 927–. ISBN 978-0-486-47962-0.
  2. ^ Robert Niemi (1 January 2006). History in the Media: Film and Television. ABC-CLIO. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-57607-952-2.
  3. ^ Dennis Cline (2002). Skeeter Beaters: Memories of the South Pacific, 1941-1945. DeForest Press. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-1-930374-00-3.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference PW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).