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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:43 am
Hi All,
I've been interested in the Pacific Theatre since I was a young boy and heard about my great-uncle who landed on Guadacanal on Aug 7 and died during the Battle of the Tenaru on Aug 21, 1942 (there's more info on him in the Veterans board.) I read everything that I could about Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands campaigns and then expanded out from there to the rest of the Pacific. I am also very interested in the North African campaigns, especially actions by the Long Range Desert Group and the SAS.
I am a pilot and enjoy seeing the warbirds at airshows and talking with the veterans who flew and maintained them. I am also a veteran having gone through ROTC in college and serving in the Army in Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.
Thanks for reading,
John
I've been interested in the Pacific Theatre since I was a young boy and heard about my great-uncle who landed on Guadacanal on Aug 7 and died during the Battle of the Tenaru on Aug 21, 1942 (there's more info on him in the Veterans board.) I read everything that I could about Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands campaigns and then expanded out from there to the rest of the Pacific. I am also very interested in the North African campaigns, especially actions by the Long Range Desert Group and the SAS.
I am a pilot and enjoy seeing the warbirds at airshows and talking with the veterans who flew and maintained them. I am also a veteran having gone through ROTC in college and serving in the Army in Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.
Thanks for reading,
John