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The Matanikau battles proved to be the critical turning points in the land campaign for Guadalcanal—the campaign's longest and bloodiest ground fight. A five-month conflict raged along the river and its basin. The real importance of this area has long remained unrecognized, yet the American and Japanese forces that fought over it knew that it was the key to the ultimate prize of Henderson Airfield. In this mile-long bloody tug-of-war from the river across to the hills and ravines were fought seven major battles and countless smaller skirmishes.
While countless books have been published on the Guadalcanal Campaign; none have concentrated on the pivotal battles of the Matanikau basin. Extensively researched, this first indepth study of these important battles, objectively showing all sides, fills in this crucial missing piece of the history of the Guadalcanal campaign.
The wellknown Guadalcanal battlefield guide Dave Holland spent three years walking the battlefields, researching, and documenting what he found. His unparalleled knowledge of the ground enables him to take the reader along with the men on the ground. Using his investigative skills and military background, he provides a fresh, detailed, and often completely new view of the land campaign, establishing previously unknown facts and specifically illustrating their significance as the campaign's land turning points.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The reaction of the enemy to our seizure of his Solomon bases was immediate
Chapter 2: The Matanikau Hornet Nest
Chapter 3: They Fought to Annihilation
Chapter 4: Marines never retreat. What should I do?
Chapter 5: If you didn't have patience, you were going to die
Chapter 6: They were tired men
Chapter 7: We've had a killing day
Chapter 8: Just give your soul to the Lord and let's go
Chapter 9: As rising suns sank ours rose
Chapter 10: It's difficult to defend in a gloomy and miserable hold out action
Chapter 11: The truth is that we must starve to death
Chapter 12: You're not a man unless you cross the Matanikau three times
