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Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. This is the story of Charlie Company's landing and battle experience there in 1942. The story concentrates on how the battle affects, and is effected by, Commanding officer Lt. Col. Gordon Tall, Captain James Staros, Sgt. Edward Welsh, and two privates, Witt and Bell. Charlie Company is attacking a seemingly impregnable position,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Tells the true tale of how, while serving in the Navy during World War II, a young John Kennedy fought to save his surviving crew members when their ship was attacked by a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, takes you on a search for the sunken torpedo boat, PT 109. Includes eye-witness accounts, interviews with the crew and the Kennedy family members, and presents re-creations and archival footage of the events leading up to and following the collision with a Japanese destroyer.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and prevent it from sending more men and supplies to "Starvation Island," as Guadalcanal was nicknamed. The Japanese were turning the remote, jungle-covered mountain in the south Solomon Islands into an air base from which they could attack the supply lines between the U.S. and Australia. The night after the Marines...
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