Marine! You Die! PTO (id:#59187)

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Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1942-08-23 (3 others)

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Three CG Dates: 23 August night to 24 August night --- The Marines had landed and were cutting a perimeter around Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. The Japanese were slow to recognize ther threat the Marine bridgehead represented. When top Japanese brass realized that the airfield was in Marine hands, they reacted swiftly and violently. Typical of Japanese strategy, each wave that reached the island set off in a haphazard and ill-fated attack, rather than build up a powerful force to push the Marines off the island. This was the Imperial Japanese Army's first contact with the USMC, and they were to find them a much different opponent than the Chinese or U.S. Army they had faced to this point in the war.

Defender: American (USMC) (1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division)  

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