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Guadalcanal Remembered in Pacific War's First Counter Punch
SGT Eugene A. Cook recalls the August 1942 landing of the First Marine Division reinforced on Guadalcanal and the brutal six month campaign from Henderson Field to the islands of Gavutu Tanambogo and Tulagi. The piece notes Vandergrift and Edson leadership, the Savo Island loss, and how Guadalcanal has become a historical memory.
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