Government Property

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 during the postponed operations along the river …

1942-10-12

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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 during the postponed operations along the river and had been abandoned as the Marines pulled back to their staging areas. This ammunition had to be recovered before the Japanese stumbled upon it and used it against the Marines. A reinforced company set out to locate and retrieve the shell crates emblazoned with "U.S. Government Property".

Matanikau River, Guadalcanal

The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related engagements, which took place in the months of September and October 1942, among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal Island in the southwestern Pacific northeast of Australia, during the Guadalcanal campaign. These particular engagements—the first taking place between 23 and 27 September, and the second between 6 and 9 October—were two of the largest and most significant of the Matanikau actions.

American

Japanese

Scenario Type = Standard