Birth Name: Gordon W. Prange
Occupation: Novelist
Place Of Birth: Iowa
Date Of Birth: July 16, 1910
Date Of Death: May 16, 1980
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Gordon W. Prange was born on the 16th of July, 1910. He was best known for being a Novelist. The author of popular World War II histories, he is best known for Tora! Tora! Tora!, At Dawn We Slept, and Miracle at Midway. For more than four decades, he taught history at the University of Maryland.
Gordon W. Prange was born in Iowa. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1937. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. He studied briefly in Berlin, where he witnessed Hitler’s speeches firsthand. From 1945 to 1951, he worked as the chief staff historian for General Douglas MacArthur .
Gordon W. Prange was a Cancer and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Gordon W. Prange was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
Gordon W. Prange is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Gordon W. Prange was born in the Year of the Dog.
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| REAL NAME: | Gordon W. Prange |
| NICKNAME: | Gordon |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Cancer |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Gordon W. Prange was a Cancer. People of this zodiac sign like home-based hobbies, relaxing near or in water, helping loved ones, and dislike strangers, revealing of personal life. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, emotional, sympathetic, tenacious, persuasive, while weaknesses can be moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative and insecure. The greatest overall compatibility with Cancer is Capricorn and Taurus.
Chinese Zodiac: Gordon W. Prange was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are fiercely loyal and can always keep a secret. They're not afraid of the hardships in life, but they also tend to worry too much sometimes.
Ruling Planet: Gordon W. Prange had a ruling planet of Moon and has a ruling planet of Moon and by astrological associations Sunday is ruled by moon. The Moon represents one's nurturing and emotional instinct. People who are born with Moon as the ruling planet are sensitive, nurturing, and usually have fluctuating moods.
Gordon W. Prange’s birth sign is Cancer and he had a ruling planet of Moon.
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