Up The Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons


Gelesen von Aaron Bennett

In December that year (1942), patrol flights taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and from the decks of U.S. fleet carriers in the waters around the Solomon Islands discovered the Japanese hard at work on a well-camouflaged airfield at Munda on the northern end of New Georgia. This new field posed a definite threat to the Allies still fighting to wrest Guadalcanal from the enemy. It had to be taken, or at the very least, neutralized. U.S. pilots also reported another field being completed on Kolombangara across the Kula Gulf from New Georgia. In response to these potential threats, Operation Toenails, landings in the New Georgia Islands in the Central Solomons with the capture of Munda as the primary objective, were planned, scheduled, and mounted. - Summary by Charles D. Melson (1 hr 42 min)

Kapitel

Chapter 1 - Up the Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons 28:26 Gelesen von Aaron Bennett
Chapter 2, Part 1 - The Munda Drive and the Fighting Ninth 24:11 Gelesen von Aaron Bennett
Chapter 2, Part 2 - The Munda Drive and the Fighting Ninth 24:52 Gelesen von Aaron Bennett
Chapter 3 - Milk Runs and Black Sheep 21:00 Gelesen von Aaron Bennett
Chapter 4 - A Joint Pattern for Victory 3:42 Gelesen von Aaron Bennett