I just finished re-reading James D. Hornfischer's Neptune's Inferno about the naval campaign of Guadalcanal. I am currently reading his, The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific 1944-1945.
I had three uncles at Guadalcanal, one onshore and two off shore. All retired as Colonel or Captains. Most people don't know that the Navy suffered three times the casualties that the Marines did. Bloody and expensive way to learn how to fight a war.
WWG1WGA
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)