Koli Point action
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The Koli Point action, during 3–12 November 1942, was an engagement between U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army forces and Imperial Japanese Army forces around Koli Point on Guadalcanal during the Guadalc
75 mm pack howitzers of the 11th U.S. Marine Regiment fire in support of the operation against Japanese forces around Koli Point.
Dead soldiers from the Japanese 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment lie piled in a ravine after being killed by mortar and small arms fire from U.S. Marines on 9 October 1942
Japanese Colonel Toshinari Shōji
American wounded are treated and prepared for evacuation at Koli Point during the action.
Matanikau Offensive
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The Matanikau Offensive, from 1–4 November 1942, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of the Matanikau, was an engagement between United States Marine and Army and Imperial Japanese Army forces
U.S. Marines cross the Matanikau River on a raft ferry in November 1942
U.S. Marine Colonel Merritt Edson (left), photographed near the mouth of the Matanikau a few days before the November offensive
Two U.S. Marines check a Japanese coral block bunker near Point Cruz after the battle on 3 November