Frank Goettge
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Frank Bryan Goettge was a United States Marine Corps intelligence officer in World War II. He led the ill-fated Goettge Patrol in the early days of the Guadalcanal campaign and was killed during that
MajGen Alexander A. Vandegrift, with his staff on board the transport USS McCawley (APA-4) en route to Guadalcanal. Left to right: MajGen Alexander Vandegrift, command officer; LtCol Gerald C. Thomas, operations officer, LtCol Randolph McC. Pate, logistics officer; LtCol Frank B. Goettge, intelligence officer; and Col William C. James, chief of staff.
Goettge c. 1921
Guadalcanal Diary (film)
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Guadalcanal Diary is a 1943 World War II war film directed by Lewis Seiler, featuring Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn and the film debut of Richard Jaeckel. I
Frank Goettge
…km) through shark-infested waters. Few was the last survivor of the Goettge Patrol. A slightly fictionalized version of the incident is in the movie Guadalcanal Diary. In the film, the patrol is led by a "Captain Cross" and there is only one survivor, though one Marine is shown running along the beach for help…
Theatrical release poster