My late uncle was a marine at Guadalcanal. He related his experience there, including watching his childhood buddy get killed right next to him and then getting wounded himself, recuperating, and being shipped off to Bougainville to fight there.
Wow. What a strong, courageous and humble generation that was. Huge respect and gratitude for your uncle and those who served with him.
My Uncle was a marine in WW2. I don’t know where he fought because he refused to ever talk about. But he was in Marine Division One.
The US has been fortunate to keep its Marine corps. It has always been ready to fight. At times the US Army was so bad... like at the beginning of Korea US troops couldn’t field strip a Garand.
Though the woke rot is setting in on the Marines too.