{"product_id":"pacific-nocturne-1944-paperback","title":"Pacific Nocturne, 1944 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon DeNevi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBASED ON A TRUE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1946, a letter-to-the-editor appeared in the USMC \u003cem\u003eLeatherneck Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e asking if other Marines recalled the \"Mad Ghoul\" on the island of Pavuvu, 65 miles off the coast of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Sea. The subscriber was attacked, as were others who responded in later 1946 issues to his query. The attacks were true events, holding 16,000 Marines of the 1st and 3rd Divisions \"hostage\" while resting, refitting, and recuperating after 10 months fighting for Guadalcanal. The mysterious \u003cem\u003eGhoul\u003c\/em\u003e would cut square holes in the tents while the Marines within were sleeping, then reach down and fondled their throats. When awakened, the Marine would see a huge K-Bar fighting knife in the moonlight about to plunge into his face. Everyone was scared -- there were no Japanese on the island, no one was killed, and the \u003cem\u003eGhoul\u003c\/em\u003e was never found -- the activity started when the Marine divisions arrived and stopped when they left five months later. \"Leatherneck\" editors searched the military archives for reports of the incidents -- but no files, no records, no reports, nothing was present except that 6 or 8 Marines wrote in swearing it had happened to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53601514226029,"sku":"9780578490151","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/c8dz6Iy4NI9780578490151.webp?v=1785064832","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/pacific-nocturne-1944-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}