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By Unknown military photographer of the Signal Corps - USMC Military History Division: Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps):, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67643206

This Was America's Secret Surprise During the Battle for Guadalcanal

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A plane captures this overhead view of the carrier USS Enterprise IV moored at Ford Island, 12 July 1942. U.S. Navy.

Operation Dovetail: Why Did the Navy and Marines Bury This Pacific Operation From Official Histories?

MajGen Alexander A. Vandegrift, CG, 1st Marine Division, confers with his staff on board the transport USS McCawley (APA-4) enroute to Guadalcanal. From left: Gen Vandegrift; LtCol Gerald C. Thomas, operations officer; LtCol Randolph McC. Pate, logistics

'Kill Or Be Killed': This Raid on Guadalcanal Taught American Troops a Horrible Lesson

The U.S. battleship USS Washington (BB-56) firing upon the Japanese battleship Kirishima, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. U.S. Navy.

American and Japanese Warships Went Head-to-Head In the Dead Of Night At Guadalcanal

John Basilone on war bonds campaign. U.S. Marines.

“Manila John” Basilone: Marine Hero of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima

Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942-February 1943. Raider’s Ridge (looking north), Guadalcanal Island. U.S. Navy.

Marine Raiders Went Into Guadalcanal 'Practically Blind'—And Wreaked Havoc On the Japanese

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By Unknown military photographer of the Signal Corps - USMC Military History Division: Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps):, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67643206

This Was America's Secret Surprise During the Battle for Guadalcanal

A plane captures this overhead view of the carrier USS Enterprise IV moored at Ford Island, 12 July 1942. U.S. Navy.

Operation Dovetail: Why Did the Navy and Marines Bury This Pacific Operation From Official Histories?

MajGen Alexander A. Vandegrift, CG, 1st Marine Division, confers with his staff on board the transport USS McCawley (APA-4) enroute to Guadalcanal. From left: Gen Vandegrift; LtCol Gerald C. Thomas, operations officer; LtCol Randolph McC. Pate, logistics

'Kill Or Be Killed': This Raid on Guadalcanal Taught American Troops a Horrible Lesson

U.S. Navy sailor W.R. Martin points out details of the Japanese trophy flags painted on the pilothouse of the light cruiser USS Boise (CL-47) as a scoreboard of enemy ships claimed sunk in the Battle of Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942. U.S. Navy.

In 1942, America Needed a Victory. The Battle of Cape Esperance Was It.

The U.S. battleship USS Washington (BB-56) firing upon the Japanese battleship Kirishima, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. U.S. Navy.

American and Japanese Warships Went Head-to-Head In the Dead Of Night At Guadalcanal

John Basilone on war bonds campaign. U.S. Marines.

“Manila John” Basilone: Marine Hero of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima

Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942-February 1943. Raider’s Ridge (looking north), Guadalcanal Island. U.S. Navy.

Marine Raiders Went Into Guadalcanal 'Practically Blind'—And Wreaked Havoc On the Japanese

Brigadier General Lewis B. Puller, circa 1952. U.S. Marine Corps.

Lewis ‘Chesty’ Puller: A U.S. Marine Legend (In World War II and Korea War)

Jacob Vouza wearing a U. S. Marine uniform holding a captured Japanese sword in 1942. Sir Jacob Charles Vouza wearing U. S. Marine Corps uniform with his honorary rank of Sergeant Major pointing to his ribbons at his home on Guadalcanal. U.S. Marine Corps

The Guadalcanal Policeman Who Helped the Marines Save His Homeland From Japan

USS Boise (CL-47) arrives at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in November 1942 for repair of battle damage received during the 11-12 October Battle of Cape Esperance. U.S. Navy Photograph.

The U.S. Navy Smashed Japanese Invincibility At This Battle

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