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

First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal by Henry I. Shaw, Jr. (1927 - 2000)
Genre(s): War & Military
Read by: Aaron Bennett in English
Cover design by TriciaG.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
00:09:45 - 02 - SIDEBAR: General Alexander A. Vandegrift
00:14:42 - 03 - The Landing and August Battles
00:51:57 - 04 - SIDEBARS: First Marine Utility Uniform Issued in World War II; LVT (1)-The ‘Amtrac'; General Vandegrift and His 1st Marine Division Staff; The Coastwatchers; The 1st Marine Division Patch
01:10:40 - 05 - September and the Ridge
01:27:03 - 06 - SIDEBARS: Sergeant Major Sir Jacob Charles Vouza; M3A1 37mm Antitank Gun; Douglas Albert Munro
01:34:31 - 07 - October and the Japanese Offensive
01:59:55 - 08 - SIDEBAR: Reising Gun
02:03:32 - 09 - November and the Continuing Buildup
02:24:50 - 10 - SIDEBARS: 75mm Pack Howitzer-Workhorse of the Artillery; The Japanese Model 89 (1929) 50mm Heavy Grenade Discharger
02:29:50 - 11 - December and the Final Stages
02:46:11 - 12 - SIDEBAR: The ‘George' Medal
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[@williamsantaliz3162]

Good book 📖

[@DaveSCameron]

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

[@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]

😂

[@SKILLED_two]

Thanks, Aaron

[@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.

[@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.

[@kidmack3556]

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

[@DaveSCameron]

I'll let you know...

[@Bartokeltoawe]

Sledges book is great but wasn't a huge fan of helmet for my pillow

[@tonygary7611]

👍👍