{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"155 - Guadalcanal - Combat Innovation and leadership Lessons from Lawton Collins at the Battle of Mt Austen","description":"Major General J. Lawton Collins watched Captain Charles Davis earn the Medal of Honor from just 300 yards away \u2014 and that proximity defined his entire command philosophy. This episode examines the January 1943 reduction of the Gifu strongpoint and the battles for Galloping Horse and Seahorse ridges, revealing how Collins's cross-branch artillery expertise and forward leadership style shaped American jungle warfare doctrine. Key learnings: \u2022 How the 25th Infantry Division executed the first American time-on-target artillery mission of the Second World War \u2022 Why Captain Teddy Deese's single M3 Stuart tank succeeded where repeated infantry assaults had failed against the Gifu \u2022 What the 8th Marines' bunker-reduction innovations at Point Cruz contributed to the later blowtorch-and-corkscrew technique Full show notes and transcript: https:\/\/theprinciplesofwar.com\/category\/guadalcanal\/ Support the podcast: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/principlesofwar More episodes: https:\/\/theprinciplesofwar.com\/ Follow on X: https:\/\/x.com\/surprisepodcast Subscribe for more Professional Military Education content. ","author_name":"The Principles of War - Lessons from Military History on Strategy, Tactics, Doctrine and Leadership.","author_url":"https:\/\/theprinciplesofwar.com\/","html":"