Bangkok--1 Apr--Image Impact
Program Title: DOGFIGHTS: Guadalcanal
Channel: The History Channel
Telecast date: Thursday, 3 April, 2008
Telecast Time: 9.00 p.m. (Thai)
Duration: 1 hour
The setting is August 1942, the Solomon Islands, just east of Papua New Guinea. Heroic, die-hard American pilots of the tiny Cactus Air Force match skills and instincts against top Japanese aces as they battle in the skies above Guadalcanal. With the Pacific War at stake, legendary Marine Capt John Smith and Medal of Honor recipients Jeff De Blanc and Jim Swett pit their tough 4F4 Wildcats against the relentless Japanese Zeros.