“Remember Marines who fought in Solomon Islands” was an “Other Voices” column in The Union that appeared Aug. 11. It was a paean to the Marines, eminently deserved. One of history’s great calumnies that the Navy bugged out on the Marines at Guadalcanal is obliterated by recent history unearthed by deeper, more numerous participants’ interviews as well as declassification of sea battle action reports! Nearly three times as many sailors paid the ultimate sacrifice: 5,041 to 1,592 Marines! The casualties, human and ships and aircraft, were so appalling that even New York Times correspondent Hansen Baldwin said he understood how …