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Capt. Dale Dye: The Battle of Guadalcanal

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“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would make you sterile. As if the jungle and Japs weren’t bad enough … .” A detachment of Marines pauses for a rest enroute to the front lines on Guadalcanal. Image: U.S.M.C. A few other aging veterans of the 1st Marine Division during World War II had lots more…

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M10 Booker: Not Your Daddy’s Light Tank

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For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painfully thin. You can’t drag a 70-ton M1 Abrams through every swamp or up every mountain, and waiting on close air support or artillery when rounds are actively snapping over your head is a luxury combat rarely affords. The Army needed a vehicle that could cast a wider net without encountering the logistical hurdles of other…

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