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Traces the history of the US Navy's quest to control the seaways of the Solomon Islands during the Pacific War, chronicling the seven major naval actions in which the men who fought in the destroyers, cruisers, and battleships against the Japanese managed to achieve victory for the United States.
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They are the men of C-for-Charlie Company--"Mad" 1stSgt. Eddie Welsh, SSgt. Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them--infantrymen in "this man's army" who are about to land grim and white-faced on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead some will earn medals; others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated...
5) Guadalcanal
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Provides an account of the World War II battle of Guadalcanal.
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In the late summer of 1942, more than ten thousand members of the First Marine Division held a tenuous toehold on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. As American marines battled Japanese forces for control of the island, they were joined by war corresponded Richard Tregaskis, who had just witnessed the famous "Doolittle Raid" - in which the USS Hornet bombed Tokyo - and the crushing American victory at the Battle of Midway. Tregaskis was one of only...
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"Can a single night define a man's life? From the summer of 1943 to early 1945, John Basilone was one of the most famous and admired people in America. As the first enlisted man to be awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, for extraordinary bravery under fire at Guadalcanal, he toured the nation with movie stars, shared podiums with mayors and governors, shook the hands of thousands of citizens, and was even rumored to have made a romantic connection...
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2014.
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On August 17, 1942, ten days after American marines had stormed Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, two U.S. submarines secretly delivered a small force from the newly formed 2nd Marine Raider Battalion to Japanese-occupied Makin Island one thousand miles to the north. The raid was intended to gather intelligence and divert attention from the main American attack to the south. News of the success of this special operation took hold of the American...
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Criterion collection volume 536
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2010.
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The soldiers of an American company about to participate in the Battle of Guadalcanal each face personal crises as they prepare for the fight.
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