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21 Aug. 1942: Marines on Guadalcanal crush the Ichiki Detachment on Alligator Creek at the Battle of the Tenaru River.
The accompanying illustrations show Col. Ichiki leading his men in the initial assault on Alligator Creek, a later banzai charge, and Marines clashing with Japanese survivors as they search among the bodies of dead members of the Ichiki Det. the morning after the battle.
The accompanying illustrations show Col. Ichiki leading his men in the initial assault on Alligator Creek, a later banzai charge, and Marines clashing with Japanese survivors as they search among the bodies of dead members of the Ichiki Det. the morning after the battle.
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Pvt. Al Schmid, Cpl. Lee Diamond, and Pfc. John Rivers would earn their Navy Crosses and Purple Hearts here and Cpl. Diamond was killed in action. Robert Leckie also fought here. He wrote Helmet For My Pillow. The Marines killed 800 of the 900 plus men under Ichiki.
I saw this photo on Facebook yesterday of the sandbar yesterday. The page is called Guadalcanal - Walking a Battlefield.
I saw this photo on Facebook yesterday of the sandbar yesterday. The page is called Guadalcanal - Walking a Battlefield.
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Nice share,which I wished of such things my Uncle who was in World War 1,could had shared with me,but just the same,Thanks for sharing
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