William Manchester
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William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American writer, biographer, and historian.
He was the author of 18 books that have been translated into more than 20 languages.
He was given the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.
Early life
Manchester was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. During World War I, his father served in the US Marine Corps. William Manchester was enlisted in the Marine Corps following his father's death and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, he was refused to college before being called back. Initially, Manchester went to the Officer Candidate School but was not accepted until receiving a commission. He was sent to Guadalcanal in 1944 for further training after being appointed to corporal status. Despite being hoping to serve in Europe, Manchester found himself in the Pacific Theater. He was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa on June 5, 1945, and was promoted to sergeant in July and given the Purple Heart. Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War, Manchester's wartime experiences inspired his highly personal portrayal of the Pacific Theater. Manchester uses personal anecdotes from his time in Okinawa in his accounts of wars on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan. Manchester's depiction of his wartime service, his engagement in combat, and his injuries are literary devices. He said this in the end notes, as well as specifically rejecting any attempt at a chronological timeline. The findings, as well as his medical records, show that a significant portion of what he recalled was inaccurate.
In several other books, including a three-part biography of Winston Churchill, Manchester also wrote about World War II. Besides writing a biography of American Caesar General Douglas MacArthur, Manchester also wrote a biography of him.
Before returning to college, Manchester worked as a copyboy for the Daily Oklahoman. He obtained his B.A. degree in 1946. He earned his master's degree from the University of Missouri in 1947.
Julia Brown Marshall, a singer from Manchester, married Julia Brown Marshall on March 27, 1948, also known as Judy, and they had one son, music composer John and two daughters, Julie and Laurie.
Later life
Manchester suffered two strokes after the death of his wife in 1998. Manchester warned his publishers that he would not be able to finish the pending third volume of his three-part biography of Churchill, Winston Spencer Churchill, 1940-1965. Manchester was reluctant to collaborate with anyone to complete the task, but he asked Paul Reid, a friend and writer for The Palm Beach Post, to complete the Churchill biography in October 2003. Reid completed the third volume after Manchester's death using Manchester's notes and writing.
President George W. Bush presented Manchester with the National Humanities Medal in 2001. Manchester claimed he had been valedictorian of his class at MIT and that he had been honoured with the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts in an interview conducted by a writer; but none of this was true, according to a conservative intellectual study "The American Spectator."
Among other prizes, Manchester was also the recipient of the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.
Manchester died on June 1, 2004, at the age of 82, and is laid to rest at Indian Hill Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut.