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To: topher

Am right now reading Neptune’s Inferno by James Hornfischer, the author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. The Japanese got some payback for Midway at Guadalcanal.


5 posted on 11/13/2019 7:40:12 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

Try the book Dawn Like Thunder by Mrazek about torpedo squadron 8, some of those pilots ended up at Guadalcanal after they managed to live through Midway. They helped start with the forming of the Cactus air group at Guadalcanal. I’ve read the books you mentioned. Amazing men all.


9 posted on 11/13/2019 7:55:42 PM PST by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: hanamizu; LeonardFMason

Near the end of the book, perhaps in an appendix, are the Marine and Navy casualties on the island and in the various sea battles respectively.

Marine KIA were about 1,500 and the USN was close to 4,500.


40 posted on 11/14/2019 12:59:23 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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