Jim Downey
speaker
621 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
Jim Downey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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With 50 pounds on his back and a gun smacking against his helmet, Lucky climbs down the nets, descending off the George F. Elliott.
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As the artillery quiets, the boat approaches their landing site, designated Red Beach.
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The command goes out.
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Everyone down!
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It's time to jump.
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As Lucky will later recall, instantly, I was up and over.
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There followed a blur.
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I lay panting on the sand among the tall coconut trees and realized I was wet up to the hips.
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I had gotten some 20 yards inland, but there was no find.
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Well, Lucky did get lucky.
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The initial landing goes off almost without a hitch.
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The Japanese are caught completely by surprise, fleeing into the dense, mountainous jungle interior inhabited by the native Solomon Islanders.
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But the fight is far from over.
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Just a short 20 or so miles away, across the waters currently known as Savo Sound, on an island called Tulagi, Japanese Captain Miyazaki Shigetoshi gets a radio broadcast out declaring, We will defend to the last man.
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Pray for our success.
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Yes, the Japanese are getting pushed back, but they're not about to give up.
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The waters will soon be red with blood, or as Lucky will later put it, we left our innocence on Red Beach.
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It would never be the same.
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The initial marine landing on Guadalcanal and their other targets in the Solomon Islands goes as well as could be hoped, but that doesn't mean August 7th, 1942 is all sunshine and roses.
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The Japanese at Rabaul send bombers and Zeros, which arrive early that same afternoon.
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