 The detachment operated independently of its parent 18th Division and saw action in several campaigns, including fighting on Borneo, the Philippines and Guadalcanal.At the start of the Burma Campaign of World War II, the Kawaguchi Detachment was based at Camranh Bay, in French Indochina.After embarking on 13 December 1941, three infantry battalions from the Kawaguchi Detachment, as well plus No.