Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;
no. 147. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- "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.