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Guadalcanal (indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the nation of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia.The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous interior. Marines in the Central Solomons (USMC Historical Monograph) Gunnery Sargeant Frank Guidone headed a patrol that landed in Grassi Lagoon to locate a site for a PT base. A unit under Captain Lincoln Holdzkom operated up and down the western shores of Kula Gulf. Guadalcanal, during the Some Japanese had crawled within 20 yards of (Frank) Guidone's squad. Frank began throwing grenades from a prone position. ^ Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 79, and Lundstrom was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific island New Caledonia where upon some of the group became privates to the 1st Marine Raider Bn. We were replacements for the marines who left there all at Guadalcanal & Tulagi- These two islands secured early spring 1943, we landed at Guadalcanal for training for an unknown island capture. The island was a distance from the Canal. The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine) ground forces.It took place from 7-9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign. WWII: US Marines at Guadalcanal and being "left" by the Navy. What happened? (self.AskHistorians) (the airstrip on the island). Fighting for their lives on an island far from home without the visible presence of the Navy, it isn't shocking that many Marines became resentful of their The Campaign for Guadalcanal; A Battle That Made History. (1972). Crenshaw, Russell S., Jr. South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf. (1