Mission to Guadalcanal

Mission to Guadalcanal , first published in 1945 as Guadalcanal Round-Trip , is the World War Two account of Red Cross Field Director Alfred Campbell aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Astoria , and on land on Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. Before his departure from the U.S., Campbell stocked up on essential supplies such as first-aid kits, extra clothing, etc., as well as on morale-building supplies for the marines about to go into combat, including playing cards, board games, boxing gloves, cigar