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Guadalcanal: The First Offensive with Richard Frank
Today's episode is brought to you by the Museum's Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.
Richard B. Frank, renowned Military historian, author, and Presidential Counselor at the Museum delivered the keynote address at the Museum's 2011 International Conference on World War II.
Richard's first book, Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, won the US Marine Corps' General Wallace M. Greene Award, and his most recent book, Tower of Skulls, is the first in a trilogy on the war in the Asia-Pacific Theater.
On August 7, 1942, the US mounted its first major…
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