Introduction: A Duel in the Skies Over Guadalcanal In the blistering summer of 1942, as World War II raged across the Pacific, two pilots found themselves locked in a battle that would become the stuff of legend. On August 7, 1942, over the embattled island of Guadalcanal, Lieutenant James “Pug” Southerland, a seasoned 30-year-old American […]
