ON THE CANAL The Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal 1942 - 1st Edition

Description: ON THE CANAL THE MARINES OF L-3-5 ON GUADALCANAL , 1942By Ore J. Marion, with Thomas & Edward CuddihyBrand New - 1st Edition - Trade Paperback In August of 1942, Allied forces led by U.S. Marines came ashore on Guadalcanal, launching the first major land offensive against Imperial Japan. M. Sgt. Ore J. Marion of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment was among them. Here, Marion and other men of L-3-5 share a personal account of their experiences over the course of this grueling and protracted campaign.The stories contained in these pages are harrowing, profane, heartbreaking, irreverent, and deeply human. As with many personal accounts, some memories recorded here are at odds with the official accounts in Washington’s archives. Rather than presenting a clean and consistent narrative, On the Canal reflects the messy business of warfare and human memory. A straightforward, gripping tale from the Marines that stormed ashore on Guadalcanal in World War II. Told with humor and honesty in a no-holds-barred approach that only a Marine who was there could tell: Excerpt on firing a rifle grenade: "I jammed the rifle stock tight against my shoulder, raised myself up off the ground to a kneeling position, and squeezed the trigger. The rifle went bang! and the recoil jarred it loose from my grip. The rifle smacked me hard in the jaw. With that, I went down on my face while the little bluebirds started going tweet, tweet, tweet around my head.--'Did I hit it?' I asked.--'Yeah, you hit it,' Flash said. 'The damn thing just didn't work.'--We finally ran into somebody from another unit, a guy who really understood how the new style grenade was supposed to work. We explained our misfortune to him, and he asked us did you pull the firing pin out . . . The goddamn pin!" * * * * * * SELLER'S NOTE: Your absolute satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! Purchased books are carefully packaged in custom made boxes, using re-cycled cardboard and readied for shipment with the USPS (including tracking numbers). All of the images provided here are of the actual book being offered. The first photo was taken using a digital camera. A desktop scanner was used for the remaining images. This would account for any color differences. Please feel free to contact me with any questions! FREE SHIPPING!

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