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Scenario#: HS09     Date: 9/27/1942     Location: Point Cruz, Guadalcanal

After a series of Bloody Ridge engagements earlier in the month, General Vandegrift knew that a sizable Japanese force was operating from Matanikau village east of Point Cruz. A series of ambitious offensives in regimental strength were planned to…

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Scenario#: HS08     Date: 9/26/1942     Location: The One-Log Bridge, Guadalcanal

The Marine Raiders were looking to cross the Matanikau River to the west bank to complete an encirclement. Unbeknownst to the Marines, the IJA had crossed the river and was on the east bank when the engagement occurred.

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Scenario#: HS12     Date: 10/24/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal

The Marines, anxious to take the fight to the Japanese, mounted an ambitious plan to surround and destroy the majority of the Japanese forces at the mouth of the Matanikau River. A three-pronged attack, each prong depending on the others succeeding,…

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Scenario#: HS01     Date: 8/19/1942     Location: Matanikau Village, Guadalcanal

After Lt. Col. Goettge's small reconnaissance patrol was wiped out near Matanikau on August 12, General Vandefrift ordered a strike against the Japanese concentration in the area. Given the overriding need to protect Henderson Field, it was a week…

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Scenario#: HS10     Date: 10/12/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal

Marine offensive operation in the area near the Matanikau River were scaled back due to reports of a massive Japanese attack on the main Henderson Field defensive perimeter. A large supply of mortar shells had been transferred to the front for use…

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Scenario#: HS04     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal

The Japanese under Colonel Kawaguchi were pressing hard to take the Lunga Ridge from Edson's Raiders. The Marines bent, but had not yet broken, and were making a last stand on the final defensive obstacle between the Japanese and Henderson Field.…

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Scenario#: HS15     Date: 1/2/1943     Location: Hill 27, Guadalcanal

Hill 27 was a separate rocky elevation, 920 feet high, just east of the Gifu. The leading assault troops of the 2nd Battalion gained the summit of the hill at 0907 without firing a shot. By 1130 hours the entire assault force had reached the summit,…

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Scenario#: HS06     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal

The defense on Lunga Ridge had been severely stretched, but it had not broken and had extracted a heavy toll on the attacking Japanese troops. General Vandergrift committed the Marine reserves and ordered a counterattack to disrupt Japanese efforts…

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Scenario#: HS05     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal

On the night of September 12th, leading elements of Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi's 35th Infantry Brigade attacked the positions of the Raiders to the west of Lunga Ridge, overrunning C Company's positions. By the morning the Raiders were forced…

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Scenario#: HS16     Date: 1/13/1943     Location: Galloping Horse, Guadalcanal

The 27th Infantry Regiment had been attacking the 900-foot-high hill called Galloping Horse for three days. Only Hill 523, the head of the horse-shaped mass, was left. F Company would advance through the jungle on the right flank. E Company would…

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Scenario#: HS03     Date: 9/8/1942     Location: Tasimboko, Guadalcanal

With the U.S. Marines now firmly established on Guadalcanal, the Japanese landed more troops at Taivu Point, 18 miles east of the Marine-held Henderson Field. The Japanese commander planned to attack the Marine positions after having his engineers…

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Scenario#: HS14     Date: 12/25/1942     Location: Gifu, Guadalcanal

Army troops, having taken over for most of the Marine formations, were eager to prove their mettle on the assault. Their first task on the long list of objectives required to clear the island was a strongpoint called the Gifu. This particularly nasty…

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Scenario#: HS13     Date: 11/24/1942     Location: Hill 81, Guadalcanal

The Japanese began to fortify their positions, particularly in the hills west of the Matanikau. The westward U.S. advance threatened supply routes leading to inland positions. Using reverse slope positions that could not be hit by artillery, the…

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Scenario#: HS11     Date: 10/23/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal

The leading elements of the elite 2nd "Sendai" Division had arrived on Guadalcanal with same orders as their predecessors -- eliminate the Marine beachhead. With ample manpower, Japanese commanders planned to attack the perimeter from the west and…

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Scenario#: HS02     Date: 8/21/1942     Location: Tenaru River, Guadalcanal

Colonel Ichiki's men were practically wiped out the night before in wave after wave of banzai attacks across the Tenaru into the well-prepared Marine defenses. Canister, machine-gun fire, and courage had broken Ichiki's back. As dawn rose above the…

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Scenario#: HS07     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Lunga Point, Guadalcanal

On the night of September 13th, elements of Major Mizumo's Kuma Battalion attacked the positions held by Marines of the 3rd Battalion on the eastern flank of the American perimeter. At dawn, the Marines sent a platoon of light tanks on patrol to see…

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