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Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
Books by Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
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First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
War
Marine
Military
Intelligence
America
Pacific
United States
In the early summer of 1942, intelligence reports of the construction of a Japanese airfield near Lunga Point on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands triggered a demand for offensive action in the South Pacific. Completion of the Guadalcanal airfield m...