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• The Guadalcanal campaign (Historic Division, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, 1949), by United States Marine Corps and John Lee Zimmerman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Condition red; destroyer action in the south Pacific (Longmans, Green and Co., 1943), by Frederick Jackson Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Joe Foss, flying marine; the story of his flying circus as told to Walter Simmons ... (Books, inc., distributed by E. P. Dutton & Co., inc., 1943), by Joe Foss and Walter Simmons (page images at HathiTrust)

• Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, by John Miller (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)

• Guadalcanal and the Origins of the Thirteenth Air Force (declassified edition; originally issued 1945), by United States Air Force Historical Division
  • PDF at af.mil
  • PDF at Oregon Digital
• The Guadalcanal Campaign, by John L. Zimmerman (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)
• The Battle of Guadalcanal, 11-15 November 1942, by Colin G. Jameson (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)
• Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, by John Miller (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)
• Guadalcanal: the first offensive (Historical Division, Dept. of the Army, 1949), by John Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• On valor's side (Doubleday, 1963), by Thomas Grady Gallant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fighting on Guadalcanal (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943), by Red Reeder (page images at HathiTrust)

• Time of the Aces: Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944, by Peter B. Mersky (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)
• Up the Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons, by Charles D. Melson (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)
• Marines in the Central Solomons (Historical Branch, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, 1952), by United States Marine Corps and John N. Rentz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Battle for the Solomons (Houghton Mifflin company, 1943), by Ira Wolfert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bougainville and the Northern Solomons (Historical Sect., Division of Public Information, Headquarters, Marine Corps, 1948), by United States Marine Corps and John N. Rentz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Northern Solomons (U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1993), by Stephen J. Lofgren and Center of Military History (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time of the aces: Marine pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944 (History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps :, 1993), by Peter B. Mersky and United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Up the slot : Marines in the central Solomons (History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps :, 1993), by Charles D. Melson and United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Top of the ladder: Marine operations in the northern Solomons (Marine Corps Historical Center, 1997), by John C. Chapin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Marine raiders in the Pacific War (Marine Corps Historical Center, 1995), by Jon T. Hoffman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Up The Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons, by Charles D. Melson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons, by John C. Chapin (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942, by Henry V. Poor, Henry A. Mustin, and Colin G. Jameson
  • part 1: illustrated HTML at Ibiblio
  • part 2: illustrated HTML at Ibiblio
• The battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy :, 1994), by Henry V. Poor, Colin G. Jameson, Henry A. Mustin, and Naval Historical Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Shots fired in anger : a rifleman's eye view of the activities on the Island of Guadalcanal, in the Solomons, during the elimination of the Japanese Forces there by the American Army under General Patch whose troops included the 132nd Infantry of the Illinois National Guard, a combat unit of the American Division in which organization the author served while encountering the experiences described herein (Small Arms Technical Publishing Co., 1947), by John B. George (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Battle of Guadalcanal, 11-15 November 1942. (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy :, 1994), by Colin G. Jameson and Naval Historical Cente (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Battle of Guadalcanal, 11-15 November 1942, by Colin G. Jameson (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)
• First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal, by Henry I. Shaw (illustrated HTML at UNC)
• Guadalcanal, by Charles Robert Anderson (HTML at US Army CMH)
• The Landing in the Solomons, 7-8 August 1942, by Leonard Ware (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)
• The Battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942, by Henry V. Poor, Henry A. Mustin, and Colin G. Jameson
  • part 1: illustrated HTML at Ibiblio
  • part 2: illustrated HTML at Ibiblio
• Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, by Frank O. Hough, Verle E. Ludwig, and Henry I. Shaw (HTML at Ibiblio)
• First offensive : the marine campaign for Guadalcanal (History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps :, 1992), by Henry I. Shaw and United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Battle of Guadalcanal, 11-15 November 1942. (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy :, 1994), by Colin G. Jameson and Naval Historical Cente (page images at HathiTrust)
• The battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy :, 1994), by Henry V. Poor, Colin G. Jameson, Henry A. Mustin, and Naval Historical Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The landing in the Solomons, 7-8 August 1942. (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy :, 1994), by Leonard Ware and Naval Historical Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guadalcanal. (U.S. Army Center of Military History] :, 1993), by Charles R. Anderson and Center of Military History (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guadalcanal. (U.S. Army Center of Military History] :, 2004), by Charles Robert Anderson and Center of Military History (page images at HathiTrust)
• USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) (The Editor, 1996), by E. Andrew Wilde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• USS Duncan (DD-485) in World War Two (The Editor, 1996), by E. Andrew Wilde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• USS Walke (DD-416) in World War Two (The Editor, 1996), by E. Andrew Wilde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal, by Henry I. Shaw (Gutenberg ebook)

• Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal (Akron and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1943), by Robert Sidney Bowen (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• USS Strong (DD-467) in World War Two (The Editor, 1996), by E. Andrew Wilde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Battles of Savo Island, 9 August 1942, and the Eastern Solomons, 23-25 August 1942, by Winston B. Lewis and Henry A. Mustin
  • part 1: illustrated HTML at Ibiblio
  • part 2: illustrated HTML at Ibiblio
• The battles of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 and the eastern Solomons, 23-25 August 1942. (Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy :, 1994), by Winston B. Lewis, Henry A. Mustin, and Naval Historical Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) (The Editor, 1996), by E. Andrew Wilde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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