Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II / William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Richard B. Frank.
Material type: TextSeries: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 147.Publisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781623492205Subject(s): Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II.DDC classification: 940.54/265933 LOC classification: D767.98 | .B37 2014Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
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