![]() ![]() He served 1942–1945 in the South Pacific, participating in a number of fierce battles, including Guadalcanal and Tarawa. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he dropped out of school and lied about his age in order to enlist in the Marine Corps. An admittedly poor student, Uris attended school in Norfolk, Virginia, failing English three times and never graduating from high school. Wolf Uris, a Polish immigrant who had lived for a time in Palestine, also worked as a Communist Party organizer. ![]() Uris was the son of Wolf William Uris, a paperhanger and shopkeeper, and Anna (Blumberg) Uris, a homemaker. ![]() 21 June 2003 in Shelter Island, New York), popular historical novelist noted for chronicles of World War II, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the fight for Irish independence. ![]()
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