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The Gallant Hours

@GuadaBattle is still providing a timeline on twitter of the key events of the Guadalcanal campaign (and with the Marines birthday so near, it’s fitting to remember one of their mightiest campaigns). Guadalcanal was truly a joint mission. Usually associated with the Marines by the general public, the campaign saw major contributions by the Army,…

@GuadaBattle is still providing a timeline on twitter of the key events of the Guadalcanal campaign (and with the Marines birthday so near, it’s fitting to remember one of their mightiest campaigns).

Guadalcanal was truly a joint mission. Usually associated with the Marines by the general public, the campaign saw major contributions by the Army, Army Air Forces and titanic struggles by the Navy.

The 1960 film The Gallant Hours is a semi-documentary portrait of then Vice Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey, who was appointed the theater commander in mid-campaign.  And youtube has it all for you.  You might want to bookmark this and watch it tonight or this weekend.

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  1. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    A vastly underrated movie.

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  2. KenH

    He lost the bubble on the Battle this morn 🙂 but will be doing the great do-over tomorrow morn so he can have it turn out right. Not surprising, the intensity of that engagement is dialed up somewhere around 12……

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  3. ultimaratioregis

    Admit it. Posting the movie you KNOW I have to watch is partial revenge for getting you to piss away half a work week watching The Great War….

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  4. xbradtc

    If it makes you feel any better, I have to watch it also. 🙂

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  5. Quartermaster

    I watched “Victory At Sea” for the music. “…..and now….”

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  6. Quartermaster

    That is an excellent movie. Cagney played a good Halsey. I saw it the first time in the 70s on TV. I’m glad I can get those old movies now.

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  7. Shaun Evertson

    Chester McCloud! He was in Bridges at Toko-Ri too also as well.

    Thanks for posting this. Good stuff.

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  8. butch

    Watched it last night. Liked the movie. The acapella score, not so much.

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