Shots Fired in Anger
A Rifleman's View of Battle of Guadalcanal

If you're a WorldWar Two history buff and a weapons geek, this is the perfect book. George does a detailed analysis of the weapons, equipment and tactics of the Japanese soldier. He does a similar deconstruction of the American soldier and his weapons. He is unsparing in his criticisms of each. I was......more

A different story of Guadalcanal, the Army 's story The first 60% of the book was the initial training and how that would relate to actual combat. Then the National Guard is off and fighting,well inland from Henderson Field. very informative.The last 40% covers technical aspects of the various weapon......more

Technical Gave this book a three because I wanted to read about the author’s experiences on Guadalcanal and beyond. Toward the end he mentions Burma and serving in Merrill’s Marauders, which would have made for five star (or even higher!) ratings, but instead he detours into a highly technical discus......more

Fascinating account of the Guadalcanal campaign by an Army infantry officer. George was a competitive shooter prior to the war and took his own rifle and scope with him to the pacific. The second half of the book is a detailed account of the Japanese weapons and is mostly tailored to the collector o......more

This could really be two books. The first half is an interesting saga of his time before arriving and during the war on Guadalcanal. I found that to be well written. The second half is a very detailed look at all of the weapons used by the Japanese and American forces. Having experience with the M1,......more