On Valor's Side Author:T.Grady Gallant From the initial rigors of Parris Island to the actual combat conditions of Guadacanal, here is the true, first-hand account of what it was like to be a marine during World War II.This poignant and personal account is about ordinary men doing an extraordinary job for which they had been trained,attacking the enemy and killing him. Here are the f... more »ears and terrors, the triumphs and joys, the gamut of emotions of those facing danger and death on the battlefield and the real story of a long, cruel holding operation fought with too little equipment and too few men. T. Grady Gallant reveals the innermost thoughts and experiences of a band of rough and rugged men-the men of the First Division, First Marine Force, who invaded Guadacanal and won for America her first land victory of the Second World War.« less