BUT SIR!

Blog number 271 **** 27 January 2009

During the Guadalcanal invasion in WW ll, a marine officer came to give the following talk to the men.

"We don't know whether we will be able to hold the [Henderson Field] field or not. There is a Japanese task force of destroyers, cruisers, and troop transports heading our way. We have enough gasoline left for one mission against them. Load your airplanes with bombs and go out with the dive bombers and hit them. After the gas is gone we'll have to let the ground troops take over. Then our officers and men will attach themselves to some infantry outfit. Good luck and good bye."