{"product_id":"on-the-canal-the-marines-of-l-3-5-on-guadalcanal-1942-paperback","title":"On the Canal: The Marines of L-3-5 on Guadalcanal, 1942 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOre J. Marion\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Cuddihy\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eEdward Cuddihy\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReal Battles. Real Soldiers. Real Stories. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight months to the day after Pearl Harbor, U.S. Marines landed on the Pacific Island of Guadalcanal. Their mission: to seize the airfield the enemy was building and stem the southward tide of the Imperial Japanese Army. Initially unopposed and ultimatrly triumphant, for four months these young soldiers engaged in a ferocious combat and endured debilitating heat, hunger, and disease. Sometimes with humor, always with brutal honesty, U.S. Marine Ore Marion takes readers into the jungle hell that was the Canal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOre J. Marion\u003c\/b\u003e served with marine company L-3-5 on the Guadalcanal and later Iwo Jima. Promoted to Sergeant during the Guadalcanal campaign, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps until 1970. Marion died in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54758938313037,"sku":"9781493096855","price":39.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/8Pai2Kz6GE9781493096855.webp?v=1789591813","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/on-the-canal-the-marines-of-l-3-5-on-guadalcanal-1942-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}