Shots Fired in Anger, first published in 1947, is a classic firsthand account of the U.S. Army on Guadalcanal in World War II, as well as one of the most thorough looks at the strengths and weaknesses of Japanese and American infantry weapons, training, and tactics used in the bitter jungle fighting. Author John George, a lieutenant on Guadalcanal and a skilled marksman, led his frontline troops, interviewed soldiers, questioned Japanese prisoners, and studied captured weapons to produce this important and also entertaining book on the War (George provides a number of stories about drinking, GI humor, and even a macabre tale of the Japanese using fake grenades made of clay to unsettle soldiers in their foxholes). Included are over 60 pages of annotated illustrations of weapons, tactics, and everyday life on Guadalcanal.