Audiobook

Up The Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons

In December that year (1942), patrol flights taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and from the decks of U.S. fleet carriers in the waters around the Solomon Islands discovered the Japanese hard at work on a well-camouflaged airfield at Munda on the northern end of New Georgia. This new field posed a definite threat to the Allies still fighting to wrest Guadalcanal from the enemy. It had to be taken, or at the very least, neutralized. U.S. pilots also reported another field being completed on Kolombangara across the Kula Gulf from New Georgia. In response to these potential threats, Operation Toenails, landings in the New Georgia Islands in the Central Solomons with the capture of Munda as the primary objective, were planned, scheduled, and mounted. - Summary by Charles D. Melson

Year of Publication: 2015Genres: War & Military

Running Time: 01 hour 42 minutes 11 seconds(5 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Aaron Bennett

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter 1 - Up the Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons Aaron Bennett	28:26
	Chapter 2, Part 1 - The Munda Drive and the Fighting Ninth Aaron Bennett	24:11
	Chapter 2, Part 2 - The Munda Drive and the Fighting Ninth Aaron Bennett	24:52
	Chapter 3 - Milk Runs and Black Sheep Aaron Bennett	21:00
	Chapter 4 - A Joint Pattern for Victory Aaron Bennett	3:42