Many fine volumes have been written about the epic battle for Guadalcanal, 1942 through 1943. So why another almost 60 years later? Author Carl K. Hixon takes advantage of those years of ongoing, refined historical research to provide a concise, fast-paced account of a crucial military campaign many Americans feared their beleaguered Marines would not win. It is not intended as a reminder or refresher. It's an historically accurate update.
Overwhelming, battle-experienced, never-defeated Japanese naval, air and ground forces expected to destroy American defenders of Guadalcanal in short order, resulting in another Bataan and Corregidor. They had little regard for American Marines, viewing them as second-rate fighters-until they (the Japanese) were repeatedly repulsed by those "second-rate fighters."
Hixon, who served in the U.S. Merchant Marines and later in the Marine Corps during World War II (but too late for the Guadalcanal campaign), paints a grim picture of the conditions leading up to the First Marine Division landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7,1942
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