Monthly Archives: August 2012

Memories of Guadalcanal

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Tobias Harper

By January 1943, the Japanese forces on Guadalcanal were desperate. A nasty, poisonous, back-and-forth jungle battle that began in August of the previous year was nearing an end. The Second Marine Division’s advance, backed by hard-fought air and naval superiority … Continue reading →

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Don’t call me Archibald!

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Tobias Harper

In March 1941 the President of the Royal Society, Henry Dale, dropped in on his friend and the secretary of the Society, A.V. Hill, to hint that he was planning on recommending Hill for a knighthood. With Dale’s recommendation, such … Continue reading →

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