Murph kindly reminded me (inadvertently) of this when he PMd me asking if I wanted a copy of "Three Hearts and Three Lions" (I already have it, classic fantasy, recommended). So what else are we reading?
Staying with the World War II theme.
Neptune's Inferno by James Hornfischer . Covers the US Naval campaign at Guadalcanal.
Reading the descriptions of the naval battles feels like reading about an old west shoot out.
The control of the waters around Guadalcanal was touch and go for months. Both the U.S. and Japanese navies were limited by logistics as much as any other factors.
No matter how well the U.S. Army and USMC fought at Guadalcanal, if the USN couldn't bring in b