I was lucky enough to come across my grandfathers Diary/ AKA war journal
He was Marine in the Pacific campaign, Wounded three times, was on two ships sinking, Saved a huge platoon in the Guadalcanal Campaign, Fought and was wounded In the battle of the Solomon Islands, rescued troops in hospitals, ETC ETC.
I will post a more full detailed descriptions once i dont need to use proxy servers to access the forums.