Okay, so that new war book I'm reading, Guadalcanal Diary is really good. But the cheerfulness of the first chapter completely vanishes in the second. They got onto Guadalcanal diary and took it without a problem. The Japanese forces were totally surprised to see American and Australian troops landing on their beach and they ran. But the fighting's getting thicker and an American ship was just sunk in an air attack. Things are slowly getting more suspenseful and one quote sums it up.
I walked among the troops gathered on the forward deck, and found them silent and nervous--a contrast to the gaiety and song which had filled the few preceding days. There did not seem to be much to say, although a few lads came up with the inevitable, "Well, this is it."
The book is literally the diary of a news correspondant that travels with these marines to take a Japanese held island. It's really cool because the guy is a very descriptive writer--you feel like you're there. Plus he's not a soldier so everything is slightly less depressing than usual first-hand war accounts. It's not very gorey, but its a really good primary source. It's a true story.
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