GuadalcanalLine

Corporal Frank Cooper and the Marines of King 3 are holding a rough section of the perimeter east of Henderson Field. Their foxholes are shallow, the wire is unfinished, and the jungle beyond it disappears into blackness.

Patrols and listening posts push beyond the line while nervous Marines wait for an attack they know is coming. Every sound in the darkness could be nothing—or the first warning that Japanese troops are already moving toward them.

For Cooper and young platoon commander Bill Chandler, surviving the night means holding a line they can barely see against an enemy they often can’t.

A fast, single-sitting War Column WWII action novella of Marine infantry combat in the opening weeks of the Guadalcanal campaign.

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