Hell Comes to Henderson Field

Ray Harris Jr. covers the Japanese all-out assault on Henderson Field and the concurrent reinforcement landings on Guadalcanal, with Vandegrift's increasingly desperate calls for support. At 22 minutes this is tight and focused — no padding, just the tactical situation on the ground at one of the campaign's crisis points. Harris's chronological format means the listener gets the blow-by-blow as it unfolds, which works well for a battle that turned on hours.