US Marines land Jeeps, Guadalcanal

US Marines land Jeeps, Guadalcanal
Here we see US Marine jeeps landing on Guadalcanal early in the operation, during the unopposed landings before the main battle really began. A variety of different types of landing craft can be seen judging by the different superstructures along the row.
Morning Star, Midnight Sun – The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August-October 1942, Jeffrey R. Cox. A splendid account of the early days of the Guadalcanal campaign, when the Americans were operating on a shoestring, and the Japanese probably missed their best chances to win the battle by underestimating their opponents. A fascinating tale of a battle that was fought at the extreme end of both side’s supply lines, and in which the Americans came to dominate the day and the Japanese to dominate the night, told in a very entertaining, if sometimes rather judgemental way, with a great deal of excellent material on both sides of the campaign(Read Full Review)
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