First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal by Henry I. Shaw, Jr. | Full Audio Book

[@joecpluck2336]

I had two great uncles in the 1st division, one died in this campaign. The other was wounded in Okinawa. I went to USMC bootcamp in 17/7/1980. I'm overwhelmed by the history of the valor during both world wars and all wars since. Semper Fi

[@williamhansgen2757]

😂

[@DaveSCameron]

Respect to you all from the banks of the Irish Sea 🍀

[@williamsantaliz3162]

Good book 📖

[@zardoz999]

Thanks, Aaron

[@DanielMulloy-bg6gw]

Semper Fidelis

[@djbcs]

There was one done from the Japanese perspective. Have been searching for that but can’t find it

[@kornpop1557]

Do you know what it's called?

[@wattsnottaken1]

I would like to see the Japanese point of view. Like in the movie Letters from Iwo Jima. Would be interesting

[@FlukeTog]

It didn’t earn the praise of all of his men though. A lotta guys sure disagreed with some decisions. We didn’t dare mention Vandergrift in the house.

[@kidmack3556]

I think this is better than both "Helmet For My Pillow" and "With The Old Breed"

[@DaveSCameron]

I'll let you know...

[@gailward3720]

They retired the flame thrower, an essential weapon for this type of warfare. Big mistake.

[@shrek-vt6cw]

My grandpa was a military man. He used to tell me the USA doesn’t retire anything until they have a better option. I mentioned the banning of flamethrowers and he said they might replace the ones that are already there but they wouldn’t be dumb enough to get rid of them. Am I saying he’s automatically correct because he was in Vietnam, of course not. But he has combat experience and experience in the logistics department so I always took his word for stuff. We definitely have bigger throwers now for damn sure

[@supabass4003]

Too much trauma for all involved parties.

[@harroldthered7050]

​@@supabass4003 necessary trauma when the man in front of you will do anything to kill you and your buddies.

[@tonygary7611]

👍👍