The author, a former Marine Officer and historian brings this true story to life. If you loved movies like Casablanca, and The Maltese Falcon; private eyes like Sam Spade, Charlie Chan, and Mickey Spillane, you will fall in love with Gunny Mac and his crew of tough, zany detectives in a book that reads like a black and white movie of the 1940s and 1950s. 1942... the Guadalcanal campaign and the Marines...