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Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II /

Following their rampage through Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the five months after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces moved into the Solomon Islands, intending to cut off the critical American supply line to Australia. But when they began to construct an airfield on Guadalcanal in July 1942, the Ame...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bartsch, William H., 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 147.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "You shitheads are here to learn to fight!"
  • "Vandegrift, I have some very disconcerting news"
  • "I'm beginning to doubt whether there's a Jap on the whole damned island"
  • "May I retake Tulagi too?"
  • "The bastards are in the trees!"
  • "Was this going to be the real test?"
  • "F
  • k Babe Ruth!"
  • "Crying, praying, and cursing all at the same time"
  • "Goddamn, they got me in the eyes!"
  • "We aren't going to let those people lay up there all day"
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), Tenaru River Subsector
  • Appendix B. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), South Subsector
  • Appendix C. US Marine casualties, Battle of the Tenaru, August 21, 1942
  • Appendix D. Officers and staff, First Echelon, Ichiki Detachment.