The American History Podcast, season four, episode 31, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

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So the last episode saw us move away from the land battle taking place on Guadalcanal

and move over to look at what's going on out at sea.

We ended that episode with another Pyrrhic victory for Japan, in which they continued to be unable to land a decisive blow against their American adversaries.

With that said, let's head back to the fall of 1942.

Our song of the week this week is Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller.

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