Jun 25, 2020 | By: Andy Johnson

1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines

July 2 at 8pm — Tune in or stream with the PBS app and online at video.lptv.org.

On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII.

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