[fugazi]

I seem to remember a movie about the 12-year-old sailor played by the kid who played "Newt" in LONESOME DOVE.

Hard to fathom a modern 12-year-old serving aboard a ship, but they didn't have YouTube and Minecraft back then.

[jmacusa]

The Battle of Iron Bottom Sound occurred on November 13-14,1942. The US Navy got mauled and badly. It was the engagement in which the U.S.S Juneau was sunk. With went the five Sullivan brothers, all were lost, poor guys.

[NEMDF]

Thank you for this post and remembering those who were lost.

[minnesota_bound]

Blackhawks down in Mosul and Benghazi have in common?
Democrat politicians like Clinton and obama.

[DuncanWaring]

Another account of the events of Guadalcanal:

https://www.vinsuprynowicz.com/?p=5876

[Midwesterner53]

Let’s not forget to give credit where credit is due, Clinton refused to mount a rescue effort for the surviving Americans in Black Hawk Down and the Pakistanis had to come save them after they had been on their own for hours.