Karl Marlantes

Karl Marlantes (born December 24, 1944) is an American author, businessman, and decorated Marine veteran. He has written two books: Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War. 2Life Marlantes grew up in Seaside, Oregon, a small logging town. He was a football player and student body president at Seaside High School (class of 1963), where his father was principal. He won a National Merit Scholarship and attended Yale University. He was a member of Jonathan Edwards College and Beta Theta Pi. He played wing forward for Yale's Rugby team. He was a Rhodes Scholar at University College, Oxford. He left after one semester to volunteer for active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. After his military service, he returned to Oxford and earned a master's degre