| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; number 147 |
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Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 147.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"You shitheads are here to learn to fight!" -- "Vandegrift, I have some very disconcerting news" -- "I'm beginning to doubt whether there's a Jap on the whole damned island" -- "May I retake Tulagi too?" -- "The bastards are in the trees!" -- "Was this going to be the real test?" -- "F--k Babe Ruth!" -- "Crying, praying, and cursing all at the same time" -- "Goddamn, they got me in the eyes!" -- "We aren't going to let those people lay up there all day" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), Tenaru River Subsector -- Appendix B. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), South Subsector -- Appendix C. US Marine casualties, Battle of the Tenaru, August 21, 1942 -- Appendix D. Officers and staff, First Echelon, Ichiki Detachment. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bartsch, William H. Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014] Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; number 147 9781623491840 (TXA)4731295 (DLC)10986851 |
| ISBN |
9781623491840 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781623492205 (electronic bk.) |
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