Tregaskis

"And call Tregaskis at Electronics Equipment; ask him what's holding up those hearing-aids he was going to send me.

The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962

Coastwatcher Dick Horton and correspondents Tregaskis and Miller would also go along.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

Not all those given a chance to surrender declined, according to Tregaskis, who interviewed a dozen or more Raiders immediately after the battle of the ridge.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

Correspondents Robert Miller and Tregaskis walked out along the ridge to see the carnage for themselves.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

“It was a horrifying sight to see geysers of water leaping up between us and the submarine for we knew then that he was ranging in on us,” Tregaskis wrote of the crossing.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

Above the noise of the engine Tregaskis and Merillat swore they could hear the Marine gunners on Tulagi whistling and cheering as if they were at a football game as their artillery fire began dropping near the submarine.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

That afternoon, Merillat and the two civilian correspondents, Tregaskis and Miller, conducted interviews with Colonel Edson and several Raiders as they toured the former battlefield.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

“Looking at the prisoners, who squatted inside a barbed-wire rectangle like animals on exhibit, brought mixed feelings,” Tregaskis wrote.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

Tregaskis, a twenty-five-year-old civilian, made a complete tour of the killing ground and came away hardened by the experience.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

“From the dock we had a good view of the two hills, for in fact they seemed to occupy practically all of the land space on the two small islands,” Tregaskis wrote.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003