Victory fever on Guadalcanal
Bartsch, William H., 1933-
Victory fever on Guadalcanal Japan's first land defeat of World War II / [electronic resource] : William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Richard B. Frank. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; number 147 . - Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 147. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes 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.
9781623492205 1623492203
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
Electronic books.
D767.98 / .B37 2014
940.54/265933
Victory fever on Guadalcanal Japan's first land defeat of World War II / [electronic resource] : William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Richard B. Frank. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; number 147 . - Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 147. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes 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.
9781623492205 1623492203
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
Electronic books.
D767.98 / .B37 2014
940.54/265933