Merrill B Twining
GEN. MERRIL B. TWINING, USMC (Ret.), was a 1923 graduate of the United States Navel Academy. After planning and executing the Lunga defense as operations officer of the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, he served with distinction in a wide variety of command and staff assignments before retiring as a four-star general. "From the Paperback edition."
GEN. MERRIL B. TWINING, USMC (Ret.), was a 1923 graduate of the United States Navel Academy. After planning and executing the Lunga defense as operations officer of the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, he served with distinction in a wide variety of command and staff assignments before retiring as a four-star general. "From the Paperback edition." See less
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No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal
From the Horse's Mouth
by Philip S, Jul 19, 2012
Twining was at the epicenter, on the ground planning for and then leading the 1st Marines on Guadalcanal. There is no better source for this information, especially since, as he notes in the forward ... Read More
