Lieutenant Colonel Jack Lewis or C. Jack Lewis USMC retired (November
13, 1924 â€" May 24, 2009), was a former Marine, screenwriter, author
of 12 books and an estimated 6,000 magazine articles and short
stories, He was the co-founder and editor of Gun World magazine and
continued contributing articles to that publication until the time of
his death. Lewis wrote under the name C. Jack Lewis due to four other
writers with the name of Jack Lewis.Lewis was born in Iowa in 1924. He
sold his first short story, "The Cherokee Kid's Last Stand", at the
age of 14 for $5.00, which Lewis thought was better money than a field
hand's wage, which was then a dollar a day. Buoyed by his success,
Lewis submitted an unsolicited Andy Hardy screenplay that was rejected
by MGM. He did not sell any more stories until he was 22.Lewis
recalled being lost as a child in a Department Store and being found
by two Marines in dress blues. He enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps at 18 years of age in World War II and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in 1945.After the war, Lewis attended the University of
Iowa, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism. After
obtaining the degree, Lewis reentered the Marine Corps through the
Marine Corps Reserve. He worked on a Marine training film, then was
assigned as a technical advisor to the film Sands of Iwo Jima, where
Lewis said he advised the cast how to lace up their leggings.
13, 1924 â€" May 24, 2009), was a former Marine, screenwriter, author
of 12 books and an estimated 6,000 magazine articles and short
stories, He was the co-founder and editor of Gun World magazine and
continued contributing articles to that publication until the time of
his death. Lewis wrote under the name C. Jack Lewis due to four other
writers with the name of Jack Lewis.Lewis was born in Iowa in 1924. He
sold his first short story, "The Cherokee Kid's Last Stand", at the
age of 14 for $5.00, which Lewis thought was better money than a field
hand's wage, which was then a dollar a day. Buoyed by his success,
Lewis submitted an unsolicited Andy Hardy screenplay that was rejected
by MGM. He did not sell any more stories until he was 22.Lewis
recalled being lost as a child in a Department Store and being found
by two Marines in dress blues. He enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps at 18 years of age in World War II and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in 1945.After the war, Lewis attended the University of
Iowa, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism. After
obtaining the degree, Lewis reentered the Marine Corps through the
Marine Corps Reserve. He worked on a Marine training film, then was
assigned as a technical advisor to the film Sands of Iwo Jima, where
Lewis said he advised the cast how to lace up their leggings.
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