This battle included the so-called "First Anniversary Hate Shoot." A drunken POW led FrankGoettge's patrol into a disastrous ambush early in this battle, which saw so many ships sunk in aportion of "The Slot" that it became known as Ironbottom Sound. Operation Watchtower beg
This battle included the so-called "First Anniversary Hate Shoot." A drunken POW led FrankGoettge's patrol into a disastrous ambush early in this battle, which saw so many ships sunk in aportion of "The Slot" that it became known as Ironbottom Sound. Operation Watchtower began thisbattle with a landing near Lunga Point, where the 1st Marine Division captured a makeshift landingstrip used by the "Cactus Air Force" as (*) Henderson Field. The Tokyo Express supplied the defendersin this battle, which included fighting on Savo, Florida, and Tulagi Islands. Fought from August 1942 toFebruary 1943 over a namesake island in the Eastern Solomons, for 10 points, name this bloody campaignconsidered along with Midway the major turning point in the Pacific War.
This battle included the so-called "First Anniversary Hate Shoot."
Battle of Guadalcanal [or Guadalcanal Campaign; or Operation Watchtower before mentioned; prompt on Solomon Island campaign; prompt on Solomons; anti-prompt on specific answers like "Savo," "Tulagi," or "Florida"]