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Robert Glazer is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker known for his work on leadership and organizational culture. He is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners and the creator of the popular Friday Forward newsletter, which reaches readers in over 60 countries.
Known for: The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
The Mosquito Bowl recounts the true story of a group of U.S. Marines—many of them former college football stars—who played a makeshift football game on Guadalcanal in 1944 before being sent into one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Buzz Bissinger explores their lives, camaraderie, and the tragic fates that awaited many of them on Okinawa.
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Young Warriors: From the Gridiron to the Pacific
Every great war story begins before the war itself, and for the men of the Mosquito Bowl, that story began on college fields scattered across America. There was Charlie McClure, a lineman from Wisconsin whose steady strength anchored the Badgers in the late 1930s. There was John McLaughry, who playe...
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game Amid the Ruins
Life on Guadalcanal was a strange interlude between horror and anticipation. The men were waiting—waiting for orders, waiting for movement, waiting for whatever came next. They called their encampment the Mosquito Bowl because of the relentless insects, the oppressive humidity, and the absurd sense ...
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About Buzz Bissinger
Robert Glazer is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker known for his work on leadership and organizational culture. He is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners and the creator of the popular Friday Forward newsletter, which reaches readers in over 60 countries.
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