Pearl Harbor payback

70 years ago a huge wave of U.S. Marines bent on delivering Pearl Harbor payback waded onto the beach of the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942, a Japanese radio operator frantically vowed to his superiors, "we will defend our posts to the death."

I've always been curious about this campaign as I had an Uncle that served in the Marines and was involved in the attack of Guadalcanal. Read the this article for a Vet's personal story of that first strike 70 years ago today.