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Who is William Manchester from Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War and what is their importance? "Goodbye
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William Raymond Manchester (1922 - 2004) was an American biographer and historian. He published eighteen books, any of which have been translated into other languages. Manchester's father served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I and was partially disabled from combat wounds.