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Charlton Ogburn Jr. (15 March 1911 – 19 October 1998) was an American writer, most notably of memoirs and non-fiction works. Before he established himself as a writer he served in the US army, and then as a State Department official, specialising in South-East Asian affairs.
Charlton Ogburn, Jr. was an author and freelance professional writer. He was the author of over a dozen books and numerous magazine articles. The Marauders (1959), his first person account of the Burma Campaign in World War II, may be his best-known work; it was later made into the film Merrill's Marauders (1962).
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Jun 1, 2002 · Paperback – June 1, 2002. by Jr. Charlton Ogburn (Author) 4.5 43 ratings. See all formats and editions. Provides an engrossing account of the exploits of three gallant battalions of American infantrymen, better known as Merrill's Marauders, in the Burmese jungles during World War II. Reprint.
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Charlton Ogburn Jr. has 18 books on Goodreads with 573 ratings. Charlton Ogburn Jr.’s most popular book is The Mysterious William Shakespeare: The Myth &...
Sep 30, 2020 · Charlton Ogburn, Jr., author, State Department official, and naturalist was born March 15, 1911, in Atlanta, Georgia, the only child of Charlton Ogburn, Sr. and Dorothy Stevens Ogburn. He was educated at Harvard University, receiving his S.B. in 1932.
Nov 16, 2015 · The military outfit called Merrill's Marauders - 3,000 American soldiers who ranged hundreds of miles through the Burmese rain forest fighting vastly superior Japanese forces - stands up admirably to the legend that surrounds it, as veteran Ogburn capably shows.
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May 21, 2016 · Charlton Ogburn, Jr., was born in Atlanta in 1911, the offspring of several generations of Georgians. However, after an early childhood in Savannah, he grew up mostly in New York.
