Up The Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons
In December that year (1942), patrol flights taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and from the decks of U.S. fleet carriers in the waters around the Solomon Islands discovered the Japanese hard at work on a well-camouflaged airfield at Munda on the northern end of New Georgia. This new field posed a definite threat to the Allies still fighting to wrest Guadalcanal from the enemy. It had to be taken, or at the very least, neutralized. U.S. pilots also reported another field being completed on Kolombangara across the Kula Gulf from New Georgia. In response to these potential threats, Operation Toenails, landings in the New Georgia Islands in the Central Solomons with the capture of Munda as the primary objective, were planned, scheduled, and mounted. - Summary by Charles D. Melson
Genre(s): War & Military
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Chapter 1 - Up the Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons | Aaron Bennett |
00:28:26 |
| Play 02 | Chapter 2, Part 1 - The Munda Drive and the Fighting Ninth | Aaron Bennett |
00:24:11 |
| Play 03 | Chapter 2, Part 2 - The Munda Drive and the Fighting Ninth | Aaron Bennett |
00:24:52 |
| Play 04 | Chapter 3 - Milk Runs and Black Sheep | Aaron Bennett |
00:21:00 |
| Play 05 | Chapter 4 - A Joint Pattern for Victory | Aaron Bennett |
00:03:42 |