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American writer (born )

Karl Arthur Marlantes (born December 24, ) is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. He has written four books: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War&#;(), What It Is Like to Go to War&#;(), Deep River (), and Cold Victory&#;().

Biography

Early life

Marlantes grew up in Seaside, Oregon, a small, coastal logging town.^[3][4] He played football and was student body president at Seaside High School, from which he graduated in ^[5] His father was the school principal.^[6]

He won a National Merit Scholarship and attended Yale University, where he was a member of Jonathan Edwards College and Beta Theta Pi,^[7] and played as wing forward in the rugby team.^[8] During his time at Yale, Marlantes trained in the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class.^[9] He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at University College, Oxford.^[10] He returned to Oxford after his Karl Marlantes in Vietnam: What It Takes to Be a Hero VOLOJ