![]() ![]() Marine Corps, for help with pictorial matter. Similar acknowledgment must be made to the Marine Corps Schools for cartographic assistance, and to the Photographic Section, Headquarters, U.S. The Office of Naval History, Naval Records and Library, and the various activities of the Army Historical Division must be mentioned as having been particularly kind and helpful. Individuals and various Government agencies have lent their aid whenever they were asked for it. The hectic nature of the first few weeks on Guadalcanal was such as to make difficult, if not impossible, anything that was not closely and unmistakably connected with the business at hand-fighting.įull assistance and cooperation have been given by all of whom they were requested. ![]() The art of combat photography, later developed to such magnificent degree, was ax yet in its infancy. The units engaged were not as fully indoctrinated with the necessity for submitting full and complete reports as were the participants in later operations. The campaign was the first great offensive of the war, and it was begun in the greatest urgency. The preparation of this monograph has been attended by certain problems of a special nature. As a sufficient number of monographs are brought to completion, these in turn will be edited and condensed into a single operational history of the Marine Corps in World War II. THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN, a monograph prepared by the Historical Division, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, is the fifth of a series of operational monographs designed to present to both the student and the casual reader complete and factually accurate narratives of the major operations in which the Marine Corps participated during World War II. Gunfire Support by Day, Torpedoes by Night Heavy Pressure on the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines Wire Protected the 1st Marines' Positions Japanese Seaplane Anchorage, Gavutu-Tanambogo ![]() The First Night and Succeeding DayĮstablishment of the Perimeter and Battle of the Tenaruĭevelopment of the Perimeter and Actions to the WestĮxpansion to the West and the October Attack on the Airfieldįinal Period - 9 December 1942 to 9 February 1943 ![]()
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