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The Guadalcanal Campaign, called Operation ''Watchtower'', was the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations in
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. The campaign lasted from the initial American landings on 7 August 1942 until the final Japanese evacuation on 9 February 1943, a period of six months, far longer than was expected by Allied planners. The initial 7 August landings on Guadalcanal itself and
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across Savo Sound (the site of a Japanese seaplane base) were carried out by
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under the command of Major General
Alexander A. Vandegrift General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Bat ...
. In recognition of his courage and extraordinary leadership during the Corps's four-month struggle, he was awarded the
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the following year. Forces of the
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began arriving to relieve the exhausted Marines on 13 October. On 8 December Vandegrift was replaced by Major General Alexander M. Patch, US Army, who was named commander of the XIV Army Corps on 2 January 1943. Patch declared the island secure on 9 February. The
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's struggle to take Guadalcanal from the
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achieved legendary status: the heat and mud, the malaria and dysentery, the giant tropical insects and the fanatical, often suicidal, resistance of the Japanese combined to create an immense amount of sheer suffering. Today, the unit's insignia features the word "Guadalcanal" superimposed on a large red numeral 1. Three future commandants of the Marine Corps fought on "The Canal":
Alexander A. Vandegrift General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Bat ...
, Clifton B. Cates and Lemuel C. Shepherd. Why does the mere mention of the southwest Pacific cause the men who fought there to shudder? Why does so genteel an author as
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, whipped into a white-lipped rage at the mere thought of Guadalcanal, write that it "was and remains 'that fucking island'"? Why was combat there considered — correctly – worse than Stalingrad?

William Manchester, ''Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War'' (1980), p. 79 In addition to the action on the ground, the
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and
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fought several vicious and costly surface engagements at night in the waters of Savo Sound. Two nights after the initial landings, the US Navy experienced the worst open-water defeat in its history at the
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. By the time the Japanese had given up on Guadalcanal, they had lost 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers and 7 destroyers; Allied losses included 5 heavy cruisers (one of which was Australian), 2 light cruisers and a destroyer. Each side had an admiral killed in combat. After the war, the area was renamed
Ironbottom Sound "Ironbottom Sound" (alternatively Iron Bottom Sound or Ironbottomed Sound or Iron Bottom Bay) is the name given by Allied sailors to the stretch of water at the southern end of The Slot between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island of ...
in reference to the number of ships sunk there.


United States


Theater command

The roles of Commander in Chief,
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(CINCPOA) and Commander in Chief,
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(CINCPAC), were both exercised by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from his headquarters at
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,
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. Since the Solomons lie in the Southern Pacific, the landings of 7 August 1942 on Guadalcanal were the responsibility of the South Pacific Fleet, led by Vice Admiral
Robert L. Ghormley Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (October 15, 1883 – June 21, 1958) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander, South Pacific Area during World War II. Early years Born in Portland, Oregon, Ghormley was the oldest of six ...
from his headquarters at
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, New Caledonia. Adm. Ghormley's pessimism, inadequate staff work and unwillingness to visit the front led Adm. Nimitz to replace him with the much more aggressive and hands-on Vice Admiral William F. Halsey on 18 October 1942.


Operational command

Operational command of the invasion was assigned to Vice Admiral
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. He also had direct command of the covering force, designated Task Force 61, where he flew his flag aboard fleet carrier '' Saratoga''. The amphibious forces, Task Force 62, were led by Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner aboard attack transport '' McCawley''. Bitter disputes between Vice Adm. Fletcher and Rear Adm. Turner arose during both the planning and execution of the invasion. At issue was how long Fletcher's aircraft carriers would stay in the vicinity of Guadalcanal to provide air cover for Turner's support vessels in Savo Sound. The matter came to a head on D+1 (8 August), after two days of assaults by bombers from the Japanese base at Rabaul. These attacks convinced Fletcher that his crucial aircraft carriers could not be risked in the waters of the Solomons any longer and his task force departed the area that evening. Unsettled by the removal of air cover and rattled on the morning of D+2 by the discovery that his cruiser screen had been decimated at the
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, Turner ordered his vulnerable, and still half-full, cargo ships back to
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around sundown 9 August. The Marine Corps forces ashore were thus left without air cover or the planned level of food and ammunition. This suboptimal outcome was at least partially attributable to the decision to vest both overall mission command and carrier task force command in the same individual (Vice Adm. Fletcher).


Marine forces

The D-Day (7 August) landings on Guadalcanal were carried out by the 1st and 3rd Battalions/5th Marines at 0910 hours, followed by the 1st Marines at 0930. Landings on the Florida Islands across Savo Sound were carried out earlier that morning by the 2nd Battalion/5th Marines, the 1st Parachute Battalion, and the
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. The
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and 1st Battalion/11th Marines arrived 18 September. The division began withdrawal from the island 12 December.
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Major General
Alexander A. Vandegrift General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Bat ...

Asst. Div. Cmdr.: Brigadier General William H. Rupertus : Division staff :: Chief of staff: Col. William C. James (to 24 Sep); Col.
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:: Asst. CoS for Personnel (D-1): Col. Robert C. Kilmartin Jr. :: Asst. CoS for Intelligence (D-2): Lt. Col. Frank B. Goettge (to 12 Aug); Lt. Col. Edmund J. Buckley :: Asst. CoS for Operations (D-3): Lt. Col.
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(to 24 Sep); Lt. Col. Merrill B. Twining :: Asst. CoS for Logistics (D-4): Lt. Col. Randolph M. Pate :
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:: Colonel Clifton B. Cates :: Exec. ofc.: Lt. Col.
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(to 23 Sep); Lt. Col. Edwin A. Pollock ::: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Leonard B. Cresswell ::: 2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Edwin A. Pollock (to 23 Sep); Lt. Col. William W. Stickney ::: 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. William N. McKelvy Jr. : 5th Marine Regiment :: Colonel Leroy P. Hunt (to 21 Sep) ; Colonel
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:: Exec. ofc.: Col.
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(to 25 Sep); Lt. Col. Walker A. Reaves (to 12 Oct); Lt. Col. William S. Fellers ::: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. William E. Maxwell (to 30 Aug); Maj. Donald W. Fuller (to 13 Oct); Maj. William K. Enright ::: 2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Harold E. Rosecrans (to 11 Sep); Capt. Joseph J. Dudkowski (1-17, 25-30 Sep); Lt. Col. Walker A. Reaves (18-24 Sep); Maj. David S. McDougal (1-8 Oct); Maj. William J. Piper (8-11 Oct); Maj. Lewis W. Walt ::: 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Frederick C. Biebush (to 22 Sep); Maj. Robert O. Bowen :
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:: Colonel James W. Webb (to 20 Sep); Colonel
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:: Exec. ofc.: Col.
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(to 20 Sep); Lt. Col.
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::: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller ::: 2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Herman H. "Hard-Headed" Hanneken ::: 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Edwin J. Farrell (to 24 Sep); Lt. Col. William R. Williams : 11th Marine Regiment (Artillery) :: Colonel
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:: Exec. ofc.: Lt. Col. John A. Bemis (to 17 Oct); Lt. Col. Robert B. Luckey (to 28 Nov); Lt. Col. Thomas B. Hughes ::: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Joseph R. Knowlan (to 19 Oct); Lt. Col. Manley L. Curry (to 28 Nov); Lt. Col. Donovan D. Sult (to 2 Dec) ::: 2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Edward G. Hagen (to 14 Sep); Maj. Forest C. Thompson ::: 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. James J. Keating ::: 4th Battalion: Lt. Col. Melvin E. Fuller (to 28 Oct; from 7 Dec); Maj. Carl G.F. Korn (28-31 Oct); Capt. Albert H. Potter (to 6 Dec) ::: 5th Battalion: Lt. Col. E. Hayden Price (to 18 Oct); Maj. Noah P. Wood, Jr. : Other Marine units ::
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(landed 7 Aug): Col. Robert H. Pepper ::: Executive officer: Lt. Col.
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::: Operations officer: Maj. Samuel G. Taxis :: 1st Parachute Battalion: Maj. Charles A. Miller (to 18 Sep); Capt. Harry Torgerson (19-26 Sep); Maj. Robert H. Williams (from 27 Sep) :: 1st Raider Battalion: Col.
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(to 21 Sep); Lt. Col. Samuel B. Griffith (22-27 Sep) :: 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion: Lt. Col. Walter W. Barr :: 1st Aviation Engineer Battalion: Maj. Thomas F. Riley :: 1st Pioneer Battalion: Maj. James G. Frazer (to 25 Oct); Maj. Henry H. Crockett ::
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: Cmdr. Don S. Knowlton, USN :: 1st Special Weapons Battalion: Maj. Robert B. Luckey (to 6 Oct); Maj. Richard W. Wallace :: 1st Tank Battalion: Maj. Harvey S. Walseth
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Brigadier General
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The
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reinforced by the 3rd Battalion/10th Marines were part of the initial 7 August landings. The reinforced 8th Marines landed on 2 November and the reinforced
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on 4 January 1943. : Division staff :: Asst. to commanding general: Col. Leo D. Hermle :: Chief of staff: Col. George F. Stockes :: Asst. CoS for Personnel (D-1): Maj. Lawrence C. Hays Jr. :: Asst. CoS for Intelligence (D-2): Maj. Thomas J. Colley :: Asst. CoS for Operations (D-3): Lt. Col. John H. Coffman :: Asst. CoS for Logistics (D-4): Maj. George N. Carroll :: Division special troops: Col. Maurice G. Holmes :
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: Colonel John M. Arthur : Exec. ofc.: Lt. Col. William S. Fellers (to 9 Oct); Lt. Col. Cornelius P. Van Ness :: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Robert E. Hill (to 10 Nov); Maj.
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:: 2nd Battalion: Maj. Orin K. Pressley :: 3rd Battalion: Maj. Robert G. Hunt : 6th Marine Regiment : Colonel Gilder D. Jackson Jr. : Exec. ofc.: Lt. Col. Alfred A. Watters (to 15 Dec); Lt. Col. Lyman G. Miller :: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Russell Lloyd :: 2nd Battalion: Maj. Raymond L. Murray :: 3rd Battalion: Maj. William A. Kengla :
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: Colonel Richard H. Jeschke : Exec. ofc.: Lt. Col. James P. Riseley :: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Miles S. Newton (from 15 Jan. to 15 Nov, 1942); Maj. Joseph B. McCaffery :: 2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. John H. Cook Jr. :: 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Augustus H. Fricke : 10th Marine Regiment (Artillery) : Colonel
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: Exec. ofc.: Lt. Col. Ralph E. Forsyth :: 1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Presley M. Rixey :: 2nd Battalion: Maj. George R. E. Shell :: 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Manly L. Curry (to 18 Oct; from 28 Nov); Lt. Col. Donovan D. Sult (18 Oct-28 Nov) :: 4th Battalion: Lt. Col. Kenneth A. Jorgensen : Other Marine units :: 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion: Maj. Henry C. Drewes ::
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(landed December 1942) ::: Commanding officer: Col. David R. Nimmer ::: Executive officer: Lt. Col. William J. Scheyer ::: Operations officer: Capt. William C. Givens :: 2nd Raider Battalion ( "Carlson's Raiders"): Lt. Col. Evans F. Carlson :: 2nd Special Weapons Battalion: Lt. Col. Paul D. Sherman :: 2nd Tank Battalion: Maj. Alexander B. Swenceski ::6th Naval Construction Battalion: Lt. Cmdr. Joseph L. Blundon, CEC (Started landing on 27 August) ::3rd Battalion
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(started landing on 12 December)


Army forces

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 Major General Alexander M. Patch
: ''Arrived in echelons beginning 13 October:'' :: 132nd Infantry Regiment ( Illinois National Guard) :: 164th Infantry Regiment (
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) : ''Landed 13 October:'' :: 182nd Infantry Regiment ( Massachusetts National Guard) : ''Landed 12 November:'' :: 147th Infantry Regiment (Separate) (
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) :: 97th Field Artillery Battalion ::
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:: 244th Coast Artillery Regiment ::: 221st Field Artillery Battalion ::: 245th Field Artillery Battalion ::: 246th Field Artillery Battalion ::: 247th Field Artillery Battalion ::: 57th Engineer Combat Battalion 25th Infantry Division Major General J. Lawton Collins
: ''Arrived in echelons beginning 17 December:'' :: 27th Infantry Regiment :: 35th Infantry Regiment :: 161st Infantry Regiment (
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) : ''Battalion-level units:'' :: 8th Field Artillery Battalion :: 64th Field Artillery Battalion :: 89th Field Artillery Battalion :: 90th Field Artillery Battalion :: 65th Engineer Combat Battalion Service Command, South Pacific Theater of Operations
Brigadier General Raymond E. S. Williamson : 70th Coast Artillery : Engineer units : Supply units : Military Police units


Japanese


Seventeenth Army

Lieutenant General
Harukichi Hyakutake was a general in the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II. He is sometimes referred to as Haruyoshi Hyakutake or Seikichi Hyakutake. His elder brothers Saburō Hyakutake and Gengo Hyakutake were admirals in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Biograp ...
Stille, p. 60 2nd Infantry (''Sendai'') Division
Lieutenant General Masao Maruyama
: ''Landed between 5 September and 4 October:'' :: 4th Infantry Regiment :: 16th Infantry Regiment :: 29th Infantry Regiment :: 2nd Artillery Regiment :: 2nd Engineer Battalion 38th Infantry Division
Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano
: ''The depleted 38th Division landed 5–15 November'' :: 228th Infantry Regiment :: 229th Infantry Regiment :: 230th Infantry Regiment :: 38th Mountain Gun Regiment :: 38th Engineer Battalion 35th Brigade
Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi
: ''Landed 29 August–5 September; included a late-arriving battalion of the 28th Infantry Regiment.'' :: 124th Infantry Regiment :: Kitao Battalion / ''Ichiki'' Detachment ::: 4th Artillery Regiment :: 10th Mountain Gun Battalion :: 20th Mountain Gun Battalion


Other units

: 28th Infantry Regiment : ''Arrived 6 July to begin construction of an airstrip:'' :: 11th Construction Unit :: 13th Construction Unit


Notes


References


Bibliography

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