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Ackton, Ackton, welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk USA with me, Al Murray, James

Honn and John Mannes.

Well, the last time we spoke, we were talking about the Guadalcanal campaign. I think it's

not right to call it a battle really, is it? It's a 360 degree, three-dimensional campaign,

isn't it? Lansy, spanning the same kind of time as we said last time as Stalingrad. As

you pointed out last time, John, offering some similarities as well in terms of how the

two sides digest the event or deal the event. But where did we got to?

We got to Buddy Ridge, Adneway or Notto, but in October, 7th or 7th.

I mean, we're all over the place. Yeah, I mean, it is. But it's like that. The battle

is like that. It's just this sort of build up, Airland Sea that goes on over months. It's

a total test of wills. It's a definite battle with tradition. But I also pointed out too.

And I just think this is so crucial. It's one element of a larger campaign than it

was in New Guinea, too. So in that sense, it's even more complex. So in a way, it's

like Stalingrad, but it's as if you had Stalingrad, but also another city that was frittering

off German resources, too. And John Key to it is Henderson Field, isn't it?

Ganderson Field is the whole crux of everything. And this is named after Naviator, isn't it?

Yeah, Major Lofton Henderson, who was a marine aviator, killed in the battle in Midway.

And of course, as the Marines land in August 1942, and they start to basically improve

upon what the Japanese had already done and complete the aerial field.

That's right, because the first story, so the first airfield that's built on Guadalcan

has built by the Japanese in July. Did you lie? Something like that?

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