Why We Fight ~ 1944 Guadalcanal and the Pacific Theater
In this first episode on the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO), I'm joined by Kater Miller, a Marine Corps veteran and curator with the National Museum of the United States Marine Corps. Kater shares the story of Guadalcanal, which requires a little bit of back history since the battle lasted about six months and began in mid-1942. The episode is a couple weeks late but in February we had the 80th anniversary of the end of this Campaign (7 AUG 1942 to 9 FEB 1943), which did end in an Allied victory and had marked the beginning of Allied offensive operations in the PTO.
Links to things mentioned in the episode:
Marine Corps Museum: https://www.usmcmuseum.com/
Krulak Center: https://www.usmcu.edu/Academic-Programs/Brute-Krulak-Center-for-Innovation-and-Creativity/
Iron Bottom Sound: https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/solomons/guadalcanal/maps/map-iron-bottom-sound-shipwrecks.html
Naval History and Heritage Command: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives.html
Marine Corps History Publications:
https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Publishing/History-Division-Publications/Books-by-topic/WWII/
https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Publishing/History-Division-Publications/Books-by-topic/
For more information about this series, as well as links to all the other content, check out www.motheroftanks.com