![This interview was originally published on ALL MARINE RADIO in August of 2016 — due to technical errors it has not been available to listeners… enjoy. Mac<br />
Karl Marlantes needs no introduction to most Marines… but in case you don’t know him, here is a brief rundown of who he is from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes">Wikipedia</a>: Karl Arthur Marlantes (born December 24, 1944) is an American author and <a title="Vietnam War" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</a> veteran. He has written three books: <a class="mw-redirect" title="Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn:_A_Novel_of_the_Vietnam_War">Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War</a> (2010), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#CITEREFMarlantes2011">What it is Like to go to War</a> (2011), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#CITEREFMarlantes2019">Deep River</a> (2019).<br />
Early life<br />
Marlantes grew up in <a title="Seaside, Oregon" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaside,_Oregon">Seaside, Oregon</a>, a small, coastal logging town.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He played football and was <a class="mw-redirect" title="Student body president" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_body_president">student body president</a> at <a title="Seaside High School (Oregon)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaside_High_School_(Oregon)">Seaside High School</a>, from which he graduated in 1963.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-5">[5]</a> His father was the school principal.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Q&A''_transcript2011%22Well_my_dad_was_a_high_school_teacher_and_then_later_became_the_principal,_much_to_my_chagrin%22-6">[6]</a><br />
He won a <a class="mw-redirect" title="National Merit Scholarship" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Merit_Scholarship">National Merit Scholarship</a> and attended <a title="Yale University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University">Yale University</a>, where he was a member of <a title="Jonathan Edwards College" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_College">Jonathan Edwards College</a> and <a title="Beta Theta Pi" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Theta_Pi">Beta Theta Pi</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-7">[7]</a> and played as <a title="Rugby union positions" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_positions">wing forward</a> in the rugby team.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-8">[8]</a> During his time at Yale, Marlantes trained in the Marine Corps <a class="mw-redirect" title="Platoon Leaders Class" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_Leaders_Class">Platoon Leaders Class</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-:0-9">[9]</a> He was awarded a <a title="Rhodes Scholarship" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Scholarship">Rhodes Scholarship</a> at <a title="University College, Oxford" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College,_Oxford">University College, Oxford</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marlantes#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He returned to Oxford after his military service and earned a <a title="Master's degree" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_degree">master’s degree</a>.<br />
Vietnam War<br />
Marlantes left after one semester at Oxford to join active duty in the <a class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> as an <a title="Infantry" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry">infantry</a> officer. He served during the <a title="Vietnam War" href="https://en.wikipedia.](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts125/v4/87/87/5f/87875f93-aee8-f7e2-b526-c9987c3803c0/mza_697166521782552337.jpg/600x600bb.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
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ALL MARINE RADIO BOOKTALK: Vietnam Marine Karl Marlantes discusses his book “What It Is Like to Go to War”
JUL 23, 202265 MIN
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ALL MARINE RADIO BOOKTALK: Vietnam Marine Karl Marlantes discusses his book “What It Is Like to Go to War”
JUL 23, 202265 MIN