Jack Carr's take on former Marine and writer Peter Viertel: 'I think we would have been friends'
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Born on this day in 1920, Peter Viertel — who served in World War II in the Pacific Theater, later with the OSS in Europe — became a successful author and screenwriter. Jack Carr remembers him.
After attending Dartmouth and the University of California, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. He earned a Silver Star and three battle stars. Jack Carr is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "The Terminal List" and host of the "Danger Close Podcast." His latest book is "Only the Dead" (Atria/Emily Bestler Books, May 16, 2023). He is a former Navy SEAL Task Unit commander and sniper with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Visit him at officialjackcarr.com and follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at @JackCarrUSA. His upcoming nonfiction work, "Targeted: Beirut - The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing: The Untold True Origin Story of the War on Terror," with co-author, military historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James Scott, will be published in 2024.
He served in World War II, first in the Pacific Theater and later with the OSS in Europe.
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