Richard Tregaskis Papers, Box 4, Folder 18. Richard Tregaskis recovering from a head injury received in Italy, 1943. He was then transferred to the European theater, where he went into the Salerno landings in Italy with the American 82 nd Airborne Division and was seriously wounded by German mortar fire while serving with paratroops and US Rangers near Cassino. He wrote about this experience in his book Guadalcanal Diary. He accompanied the operation to Guadalcanal and landed with the Fifth Marine Regiment, the assault wave of the attack, and stayed several months with the forces there. As a fleet correspondent, was aboard a cruiser that escorted the Doolittle Raiders and their carrier on the first raid of the Japanese mainland and he covered the Naval battles at the Coral Sea and Midway.
He also traveled the world many times over as a writer for a number of magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, and wrote several screenplays.Īt the start of WWII, Tregaskis was assigned to cover the Pacific Fleet operations as a correspondent for the International News Service.
He received the International News Service Medal of Honor for Heroic Devotion to Duty (1942-1943), and the Purple Heart (1944). As a correspondent, Tregaskis covered many wars, including WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. One such war correspondent was Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973), whose papers are held here at the American Heritage Center. Richard Tregaskis Papers, Box 82, Folder Vietnam – Tregaskis in Vietnam, 1960s-1970s.Īlthough not members of the armed forces, war correspondents risk their lives on missions to inform the world about what is truly happening in war zones.
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