Archaeologists Search for a Lost Marine Patrol on Guadalcanal It was a dark, moonless night on the coast of Guadalcanal, and Lt. Col. Frank Goettge, the intelligence officer for the 1st Marine Division, had a decision to make. Only five days earlier, on August 7, 1942, the first major American amphibious assault in the Pacific …
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