 Guadalcanal
There is nothing so subject
to the inconstancy of fortune
as war.
Miguel De Cervantes
ABOUT WARFARE ON GUADALCANAL IN WWII:
"Americans waded into the Solomon Islands, spearheaded by marines, supported by the air and naval units that could be spared...It was on Guadalcanal that the name “Bloody Ridge” passed onto a scroll begun at Lexington and where stranded, obdurate marines began using the Chinese expression for “pull together” and made it a battle cry: Gung Ho..." READ MORE
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Bloody Ridge
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