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Nicholas A. Canzona

A Marine officer turned military historian, he helped bring some of the Korean War’s toughest campaigns to life in clear, detailed prose. His books remain valued by readers interested in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps and the human side of combat.

3 Audiobooks

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 3 (of 5)

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 3 (of 5)

by United States. Marine Corps, Nicholas A. Canzona, Lynn Montross

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1 (of 5)

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1 (of 5)

by Lynn Montross, Nicholas A. Canzona, United States. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 2 (of 5)

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 2 (of 5)

by United States. Marine Corps, Nicholas A. Canzona, Lynn Montross

About the author

Before his writing career took shape, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. Naval Institute notes that he attended St. Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame before entering Marine Corps Basic School in 1945, was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1946, served at posts including Midway, Pearl Harbor, Camp Lejeune, and Fort Belvoir, and later served with the 6th Fleet and the 1st Marine Division in Korea.

His best-known work is the early U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950–1953 series, written with Lynn Montross. The books include The Pusan Perimeter, The Inchon-Seoul Operation, and The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, and they helped document major Marine Corps operations in the Korean War with both operational detail and a strong sense of the conditions Marines faced.

Available sources also identify him as Nicholas Anthony Canzona, born in 1925 and died in 1985. A reliable portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is included here.