Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II / William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Richard B. Frank.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 147.
Main Author: Bartsch, William H., 1933- (Author)
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 147.
Subjects:
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
Physical Description:339 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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.