The gunnery officer , Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Adams , arrived on the bridge to inform the captain that there were no guns . Riefkohl then tried to conceal his ship with smoke , but there remained no surviving engineers in a ...
This volume attempts to show the contribution of all services to the first victory on the long road to Tokyo.
Incorporating the first-hand accounts of more than one hundred combatants on both sides of the war, this comprehensive account on America's first offensive in the Pacific during World War II chronicles the long and difficult campaign on the ...
In the Pacific subseries this volume follows "The Fall of the Philippines," is concurrent with Victory in Papua, and precedes "CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul.
A recreation of the Guadalcanal campaign, using first hand accounts and after action reports.
A detailed account of the Americans' first ground offensive against the Japanese in World War II, which occurred in August 1942 on the island of Guadalcanal.
On August 7, 1942, American ground troops went on the offensive for the first time against the Japanese Army. Making an amphibious landing, the 1st Marine Div. attacked Guadalcanal in...
Originally published in 1988 as the concluding volume in Eric Hammel's series of three independent books focusing on the Guadalcanal campaign and exploring all the elements that made it a turning point of the war in the Pacific, Guadalcanal ...
Details the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November of 1942, a crucial step toward America's victory over the Japanese during WWII. Blends detailed historical records with personal accounts of many...
Details the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November of 1942, a crucial step toward America's victory over the Japanese during WWII.