"Secret War News: U.S. Marines Raid Jap Held Island"

[mistygeek]

I don't think explosives work that way...(Warning: This is not a paper scan and can be hard to read. Bonus Warning: It is a World War II comic, and it has racism of the "really, comic book? ugh." kind.)

Military Comics #20 July 1943

Story and art by Fred Guardineer

How true is this? Well, not to the letter. But in 1942 the 1^st Marine Parachute Battalion attacked Gavatu Island to take over the Guadalcanal airfield. (Hear parts of a Leonard Kiesel interview here.)
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[michael_ellis_day]

In fairness to me, I've been a student of the comics, cartoons, film, radio, music, and popular culture of the WWII era for several decades now -- that was my parents' generation rather than mine, but I picked up an interest from hearing my folks describe the Great Depression et al. I'm aware what the general trends were, which is why I was braced for a lot worse, because I've seen a lot worse. But I can see how my last line is misleading without proper context. My apologies for being unclear!