Guadalcanal

"Guadalcanal is no longer merely a name of an island in Japanese military history. It is the name of the graveyard of the Japanese army."

 

- Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, IJACommander, 35th Infantry Brigade at Guadalcanal

 

"!@#$%^ it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!" 

 

- Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe - 13th January 1943