Karl Marlantes

A graduate of Yale University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, Karl Marlantes served as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and ten Air Medals. He is the author of the best-selling and prize-winning Matterhorn. His book, What It Is Like to Go to War was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

In the Woods: Telling the Finnish-American Immigrant Story

Karl Marlantes on the Hardworking Lives of His Ancestors

July 23, 2019 By Karl Marlantes

Being a Marine Taught Me How to Kill, But Not How to Handle Death

Searching for the Spiritual in the Midst of Combat

May 25, 2018 By Karl Marlantes

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