World War II
Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons SIDEBAR: Major General Allen H. Turnage, USMC Planning the Operation SIDEBAR: 3d Marine Division Diversionary Landings SIDEBAR: The Coastwatchers Battle at Sea Action Ashore: Koromokina SIDEBAR: 37th Infantry Divisi...
The Japanese soon reacted to the Soanotalu landing and hurled themselves against the perimeter. On one occasion, 80-90 Japanese attacked 50 New Zealanders who waited until they...
3. Part 3Captain Conrad M. Fowler, a company commander in the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, later recalled how an attack down the trails was expected: “They had to come our way to meet us...
4. Part 4The various, successive objectives for the Marine and Army riflemen were codenamed using the then-current phonetic alphabet: Dog (reached 15 November), Easy (reached 20 November...
1. Part 1Top of the Ladder: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons SIDEBAR: Major General Allen H. Turnage, USMC Planning the Operation SIDEBAR: 3d Marine Division Diversionary Landi...
5. Part 5The task of taking the island fell to the 5,800 men of the 3d New Zealand Division under Major General H. E. Barrowclough, less the 8th Brigade which had been used in the Treasu...