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In 1915 Herman Wouk was born in the Bronx. He was the second of three children for Abraham Isaac Wouk and Esther. The couple were Jewish immigrants from Belarus.
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When he was thirteen his grandfather came to live with them. The man gave him his education in Judaism. As a young boy, Herman did not want to study the Talmud, but his father insisted, so he learned it and later as a young adult lived a secular life for a while.
Throughout his life and career religion played an important part. When asked what his most important influences he has always replied that is was his grandfather and the Navy.
By the age of nineteen Herman had earned his B.
A. from the Columbia University.
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There he was the editor of the university's humor magazine. He also spent time writing humor for the radio including Fred Allen. In 1941 he wrote for the government selling war bonds.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Herman joined the Navy.
He was in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He ser