https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/10/09/victory-disease/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:37:41 -0400<![CDATA[Sometimes things don&#8217;t work out the way we hope.  Genjirou Inui, a Japanese soldier who kept a diary on his way to Guadalcanal, felt great disappointment as his unit, the  28th Infantry Regiment commanded by Colonel Kiyono Ichiki was divided among slow and fast transports for the voyage to the Solomons. He watched the faster transports sail away to imagined glory. &#8220;Both echelons started at the same time, but 1st echelon on destroyers making 25 knots ran far ahead of 2nd echelon on transports making 8.5 knots, and they soon disappeared from our sight. How reliable and enviable they looked!&#8221;]]>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:55:36 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2012/10/09/victory-disease-n192083