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Richard Tregaskis, Guadalcanal Diary

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Red Army Wavers (Parker) – 2-3
East-West Raids Again Strike Reich (Daniell) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Eighth Army Firm – 4-5
Axis Tanks Unable to Hide at Night (Sedgwick) – 5
50,000 Jews Dying in Nazi Fortress – 5-6
U.S. Units March in London; Victorious Invasion Pledged – 6
Navy to Advance Younger Officers (Hurd) – 7
After a New Zealand Shell Struck (photo) – 7
3 British Women’s Units Cleared of Drunkenness and Immorality (by Tania Long, first-time contributor) – 8
Tokyo Submarine War (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-11

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_Air_Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Geiger

On September 3, 1942, the fortunes of the beleaguered aviators changed with the arrival of Brigadier General Roy Geiger on board the first SCAT plane to land on the island, an R4D Skytrain.[19] As the “Commander, Aircraft, Guadalcanal” (ComAirCACTUS) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Geiger set up his headquarters in a wooden Japanese pagoda that was up on a hill about 200 yards (180 m) from the airfield. Through his energy, example and sheer force of personality he raised the collective spirits of the squadron’s survivors. He was described as “...curt, cold and some said ruthless....he was determined to squeeze the ultimate ounce of performance from men and machines”.[20] During his time in command, it was said that there was a “sense of desperation but never defeatism,”[21] Ultimately, the strain of command and harsh living conditions seriously fatigued, both mentally and physically, the then 57 year old Geiger. Geiger turned over the command on November 7 to his Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Louis E. Woods.[22][23]