1942, during World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
My uncle Don was in the Navy and served as a Seabee at Guadalcanal. He is gone now, but we used to enjoy hearing how they built things. The coolest was how they built a breakwater by driving brand new jeeps and trucks off of a ship.
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