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Audio Interview with William Manchester |
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William Manchester, author of American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, and The Last Lion: Winston Churchill, talks with Swaim about his recent book at the time, Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War. It tells the true story of his experiences in war in Guadalcanal, although all the names of other individuals have been changed to protect their identity. Manchester suppressed many of his memories, but when he went back to the battle field in the Pacific, he remembered the remorse and guilt he felt for killing a Japanese sniper. As a marine soldier, he had a choice: to be quick or to be dead. After he killed the sniper, he threw up all over himself. The New England native was an unlikely marine. His personal philosophy on violence was to avoid it. But, after Pearl Harbor, he decided to join the marines. Today, Manchester has an affinity toward young Japanese and Germans, however, a wall still exists between him and Japanese or Germans his age. To hear more about his military life, war-time experiences, and a narrow escape on the battle field, click on the link below. Listen
to the William Manchester interview with Don Swaim, September 18, 1980 These files are for your personal use only. |
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For over a decade, many of the best writers of the English language found their way onto Don Swaim's daily two-minute CBS Radio show, Book Beat. His New York-based program was derived from longer interviews, sometimes 40-minutes in length. Found exclusively here, Wired for Books proudly webcasts these conversations in their entirety using RealAudio. © Ohio University |
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