is the author of the battle for hell's island. of a50 minute talk is part daylong symposium on the battle of guadalcanal, hosted by the national world war ii museum in new orleans. >> welcome back to our guadalcanal symposium on the anniversary of the end of the guadalcanal battle. we have looked at the land fighting and the naval battles, in around guadalcanal, two fantastic presentations. now we'll rise into the air with the expert guidance of stephen moore. he is a wonderful writer. he has written multiple books on the two greatest conflicts in modern history, world war ii and the war for texas independence. [laughter] that one never fails. i said multiple books. there is an actual number, 19 published books. he does not watch much television in his free time. i would recommend "pacific payback" and "the battle for hells island: how a small band of carrier dive bombers help save guadalcanal." stephen lives in north texas. we realized that we had daughters who went to the same high school. both of whom are named emily. here to s

the japanese called this hells island because they had to rely on the rat patrol to run supplies, ammunitionand food in under the cover of darkness. the americans don't have planes on the island for the first couple of weeks. patrol comes in during the night. at the start of the campaign, off, that spd taking is the plaintiff turner caldwell. planes cover the landings for two days. admiral fletcher pulled out to keep the carrier safe. from everyoneism about him being cowardly, but there were reasons for it. he did and took the criticism for it. would also hornet take part in the guadalcanal campaign. these are the ones that served during the landing days. talking about a few people who served, i pulled out a couple here. this is lieutenant stockton and bernie strong. he goes back to the beginning of the war flying dive bombers. he was with the scouting five on the yorktown. he was involved with those early strikes. he had earned some navy crosses and other commendations. attacked the carrier shoho at the battle of coral sea. he was given commendation for using his dive bomber as a fighting p

moore is the author of the battle for hell's island, how small band of bombers help save guadalcanal.lk is part of a daylong symposium on the battle of guadalcanal posted by the national world war ii museum in new guadalcanal to our the anniversary of the end of the guadalcanal battle. we have looked at the land battles,and the naval two fantastic presentations. we'll rise into the air under the expert guidance of stephen moore. he is a wonderful writer.

is the author of the battle for hell's island. of a50 minute talk is part daylong symposium on the battle of guadalcanal, hosted by the national world war ii museum in new orleans. >> welcome back to our guadalcanal symposium on the anniversary of the end of the guadalcanal battle. we have looked at the land fighting and the naval battles, in around guadalcanal, two fantastic presentations. now we'll rise into the air with the expert guidance of stephemo

the japanese learned there is a of a lott -- a hell more marines on this island, and they are better fighters. theealize the nature of almost fanatical level of resistance the japanese will give us, even when their backs are pushed to the wall. to surrender,oing they will fight to the end and press you for every inch. the japanese decide to go for their second major attack, they --l send in general, gucci waguchi. when i'm going through great generals and their slides, i always say that there is a mustache competition going on between them. this guy is the japanese general mustache winner of world war ii. no one else comes close. he will come in with the 35th infantry b grade -- brigade and hear the story gets complex, because bringing that over after ,he naval battles on both sides and keeping us alive long enough for a battle to happen involves the cactus air force and keeping henderson field open. quickly, bys september, he has 8000 troops on hand. pretty much in the same general area as the other general's troops have come from. we have reinforced with desperate naval efforts to

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