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On August 7, 1942, American Marines waded onto a pacific island called Guadalcanal. They encountered jungles, alligators, insidious malaria, and a particularly deadly adversary in the Japanese soldier. Only weeks after their defeat at
Midway, the Japanese were gutsy, vicious, and prepared to give their own lives to take out just one American. There was no surrender.
Witness firsthand the six months of hell that was Guadalcanal with the original combat photography of
This is Guadalcanal -- the epic battle that was the inspiration for The Thin Red Line, the major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox by writer-director Terrence Malick. Captured by combat photographers, here is the real story of men,
ships, carriers and planes that resulted in the decisive American victory that turned the tide of war in the South Pacific in 1942.
About the Authors
L. Douglas Keeney has co-authored five books with William S. Butler including
Day of Destiny: The Photographs of D-Day, Tragedy at Sea and No Easy Days: The Incredible Drama of Naval Aviation. L. Douglas Keeney resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
William S. Butler has co-authored five books with L. Douglas
Keeney, including Day of Destiny: The Photographs of D-Day, Tragedy at Sea and No Easy Days: The Incredible Drama of Naval Aviation.William S. Butler resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
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