Kamis, 26 April 2018

“Our Time in Hell”

The Japanese counterattack in Guadalcanal was a harrowing slog through thirty-five miles of brutal jungle—with all but certain death waiting at the end. Maj. Gen. Masao Maruyama was not a man given to doubts. Soon after arriving on Guadalcanal on October 3, 1942, the general had issued an order declaring that there was “no position” …

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