{"id":4577,"date":"2011-04-02T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/04\/02\/turning-back-empire-illustrated-history\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:14:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:14:00","slug":"turning-back-empire-illustrated-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4577","title":{"rendered":"Turning Back The Empire: An Illustrated History Of Guadacanal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17817,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gijoelive.blogspot.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17818,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gijoelive.blogspot.com\\\/2010\\\/04\\\/turning-back-empire-allies-first.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17819,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gijoelive.blogspot.com\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/turning-back-empire-pt-ii-guadalcanal.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17820,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.blogger.com\\\/goog_1224053613&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17821,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gijoelive.blogspot.com\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/turning-back-empire-part-iii-victory.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I stumbled across &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/gijoelive.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G.I. Joe Live &#8211; A World of Pretend Can Get Real<\/a>&#8221; this afternoon. It uses G.I. Joe dolls (or action figures) to illustrate the history of important battles. Having had some of the earliest G.I. Joe&#8217;s as a kid, I found it really cool. Here is how they describe their website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>G.I. Joe Live<br \/>\nWelcome to G.I. Joe Live! Where, as the title says, a world of pretend can become real. In short, G.I. Joe Live is a mixture of historical real world events and present-day photography, using realistic plastic military action figures known worldwide as &#8220;G.I. Joe&#8221;.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;Their three-part series on the battle for Guadacanal is excellent. The history is accurate and the use of the action figures is well done. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gijoelive.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/turning-back-empire-allies-first.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part I<\/a> &#8211; Turning Back the Empire: The Allies First Pacific Land Victories<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/G9.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/G9.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gijoelive.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/turning-back-empire-pt-ii-guadalcanal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part II:<\/a> Guadacanal &#8211; Henderson Field to Tenaru River<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/guadacanal-new-entry-sequence-281229.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/guadacanal-new-entry-sequence-281229.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/>&nbsp;<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/goog_1224053613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gijoelive.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/turning-back-empire-part-iii-victory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part III: Victory!<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/used-e2c-28129.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/used-e2c-28129.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stumbled across &#8220;G.I. Joe Live &#8211; A World of Pretend Can Get Real&#8221; this afternoon. 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