America at War: The Guadalcanal Campaign

From August 7, 1942 to February 9, 1943, American forces were pitted against the Japanese in a bitter life or death struggle for the mastery of Guadalcanal. When it was done the U.S. had lost 7,000 dead but it was clear that the tide was turning against the Japanese Empire. Join Duane E. Shaffer in a discussion of the strategy and tactics of this pivotal WWII campaign.