About this episode

James welcomes back U. S. Marine veteran Dave Holland to discuss the Guadalcanal Campaign and his new book on the Battles of the Matanikau River.

In this episode, James welcomes back Dave Holland, a U. S. Marine veteran and independent scholar who has spent much of his life studying the Guadalcanal Campaign of the Second World War, including several years walking the battlefields themselves. In his new book  Guadalcanal's Longest Fight , Dave provides in-depth accounts of the oft-forgotten but critical Battles of the Matanikau River, which together comprise the campaign's longest and bloodiest ground fight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: James

Guest: Dave Holland

Topics covered

• Guadalcanal Campaign
• World War II
• military history
• battlefield studies
• Marine Corps

Keywords

• Guadalcanal
• Matanikau River
• Dave Holland
• World War II
• military history
• U. S. Marine
• battlefield

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U. S. Marine

Books & works: Guadalcanal's Longest Fight

Places: Matanikau River

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