Part of Footsteps in the Pacific Week on WW2TV

With special guest Dave R. Holland who is originally from the US but now resides in Australia. Dave is a former US Marine Infantry (8 years) and Battlefield Guide in Guadalcanal.
He runs the Facebook and YouTube channels – Guadalcanal – Walking a Battlefield.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPWS6QYjnWy6_8-m7NvE-Q

Dave lived and worked on Guadalcanal for several years starting from 2009 until 2020 and is in the process of writing a book on his research and experiences on the battlefield walks there. He has carried out research and editing work for several Guadalcanal authors and is involved in several groups focussing on the preservation of Solomon Islands WW2 history.

In today's show Dave will be talking about the US Marine 1st Raider Battalion and US Marine 1st Battalion 7th Marines (regt). Among the topics that will be covered: The background of the Raider concept, Merritt ‘Red Mike’ Edson, the Tulagi fight, the Tasimboko Raid and Bloody Ridge.

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