(1970-08-12) August 12, 1970 (age 53) Fairfield, California, U.S.
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1988–1991
Rank
Corporal
Unit
STA platoon, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
Battles/wars
Persian Gulf War
Other work
Jarhead (2003), professor, writer
Anthony Swofford (born August 12, 1970) is an American writer and former U.S. Marine, best known for his 2003 book Jarhead, based heavily on his accounts of various situations encountered in the Persian Gulf War. This memoir was the basis of the 2005 film of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes.[1]
^"Unscrewing 'Jarhead': Interview with Anthony Swofford". Combustible Celluloid. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
AnthonySwofford (born August 12, 1970) is an American writer and former U.S. Marine, best known for his 2003 book Jarhead, based heavily on his accounts...
Creative Writing from Rutgers University in 2011. She is married to AnthonySwofford. Her first memoir Her was published in 2013. Her second memoir Loved...
depictions in film including Jarhead (2005), which is based on US Marine AnthonySwofford's 2003 memoir of the same name. The 2016 Bollywood movie Airlift is...
of The Sarah Silverman Program Anthony Padilla – Co-founder of Smosh Ian Hecox – Co-founder of Smosh AnthonySwofford – Author of Jarhead Richard Trenton...
authors as Maya Angelou, Andre Dubus III, William Joseph Kennedy, and AnthonySwofford. Whitehead's nonfiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous...
village so that soldiers could surf, affirms the film's pro-war message. AnthonySwofford recounted how his marine platoon watched Apocalypse Now before being...
Quindlen, E.L. Doctorow, Walter Isaacson, Carl Hiaasen, Tom Bissell, AnthonySwofford, Chris Cleave, Candace Bushnell, John Feinstein, Ann Patchett, Carol...
(book), AnthonySwofford's 2003 memoir of his experiences as a U.S. Marine in the First Gulf War Jarhead (film), the 2005 film adaptation of Swofford's book...
Richard Holmes, Richard Heckler, Dave Grossman, Wilfred Owen, and AnthonySwofford. The New York World Premiere of this version of "Iphigenia 2.0" was...
won the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's James Webb Award. Author AnthonySwofford wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "Masterly ... Brilliant ....
Robert Lawrence, (When The Fighting Is Over) "Andy McNab" "Chris Ryan" AnthonySwofford, in US Marines (Jarhead (book)) Colby Buzzell Weston Ochse List of...
R. "Chuck" Swindoll – evangelical Christian pastor, radio preacher AnthonySwofford – author of the memoir Jarhead Steven W. Taylor – Oklahoma Supreme...
is the "sharp edge of the sword" for the Marine Rifle Battalion. AnthonySwofford's experiences in an STA platoon are recounted in his 2003 book, Jarhead...
autobiographical first chapter of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five as well as AnthonySwofford's Jarhead. In the 1998 film Wild Things, the character of Suzie Marie...
LaBeouf The Hunt for the BTK Killer Dennis Rader Gregg Henry Jarhead AnthonySwofford Jake Gyllenhaal Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration Joseph...
Matthew Stover – Shatterpoint Jonathan Stroud – The Amulet of Samarkand AnthonySwofford – Jarhead Miguel Sousa Tavares – Equador Adam Thirlwell – Politics...
1970 – Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball player and coach 1970 – AnthonySwofford, American soldier and author 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian...
Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by AnthonySwofford The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps...
Jarhead Sam Mendes Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx Based on the memoir by AnthonySwofford, this film depicts his experiences as a Marine Scout Sniper during...
Global Information
United States
United States Marine Corps
Corporal