Guardian of Guadalcanal, the World War II story of Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient Douglas Munro, Gary Williams ; foreword by Vincent W. Patton III, Ed.D., Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (Ret.)
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Guardian of Guadalcanal, the World War II story of Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient Douglas Munro, Gary Williams ; foreword by Vincent W. Patton III, Ed.D., Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (Ret.)
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Guardian of Guadalcanal
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Gary Williams ; foreword by Vincent W. Patton III, Ed.D., Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (Ret.)
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the World War II story of Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient Douglas Munro
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Honors the heroics of Douglas Albert Munro, who according to the book jacket, is the United States Coast Guard's only Medal of Honor recipient. According to the book jacket, Guardian of Guadalcanal "honors the heroics of this model Coast Guardsman," and he is described as "exceptionally mission-focused, understanding that the war itself was won a single, bloody battle at a time, and that success on Guadalcanal was an imperative to success in the South Pacific Theater. As a leader, he was focused on the well-being of those who were placed in his charge. Selfless in the act of returning to the beach after an exhaustive period of ferrying troops to the battlefront, he thought only of his shipmates in harm's way when he volunteered to go back into the fight and rescue five hundred of Marine legend Lewis "Chesty" Puller's beleaguered Marines from the beaches at Point Cruz."
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