How One Marine's "Forbidden" Brig Trick Made 40 Thieves Stop 3,000-Man Banzai Charge

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At 0900 on September 27th, 1942, Lieutenant Colonel William Whailing stood at the edge of Henderson Field on Guadal Canal, watching four Marines carry a stretcher toward the aid station. 22 years old, third patrol this week, dead before they found the Japanese position. Three more stretchers followed. The jungle had swallowed a seven-man patrol tha... Read More