199: On The Ground at Guadalcanal with Dave Holland

Today, Preston and Sayre are joined with Dave Holland. Dave is a former U.S. Marine who has lived and worked for nearly 3 years on site at Guadalcanal and operates the YouTube page,  Guadalcanal - Walking a Battlefield, documenting the many battle sites of one of the longest and hardest fought campaigns of WW2.   We discuss how Guadalcanal kicked off the American ground offensive post Pearl Harbor, establishing a foothold in the Pacific. We also discuss the brutal fighting and tactics employed by both the Marines and the Japanese, and how the Marines changed the tide of the war by halting the forward progress of the Japanese Empire, who up to that point were the dominating offensive force throughout the Pacific and Asiatic region of the world.  If you're typically a podcast listener, be sure to check our YouTube page which incorporates many of these visuals in tandem with the conversation. We hope you enjoy.  

Dave's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPWS6QYjnWy6_8-m7NvE-Q/featured 

Dave's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/GuadalcanalWalkingabattlefield/