The opening portion of the series “The Pacific” is devoted to Guadalcanal. It’s based on Eugene Sledge’s memory of that battle in his “With the Old Breed”.
The Pacific is able to show war a lot more realistically than what movies were able to do in the 1950s. The great Dale Dye served as advisor to the production. Well worth watching.
Agreed on The Pacific. Actually I liked it better than Band of Brothers although I loved both.