Tokyo Express
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The Tokyo Express was the name given by Allied forces to the use of Imperial Japanese Navy ships at night to deliver personnel, supplies, and equipment to Japanese forces operating in and around New G
Japanese troops load onto a warship in preparation for a "Tokyo Express" run sometime in 1942.
Japanese reinforcements arriving on Guadalcanal c. September 1942; Savo Island in background.
Tokyo Express through "The Slot"
Solomon Islands Campaign
Battle of Tassafaronga
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The Battle of Tassafaronga, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of Savo Island or in Japanese sources as the Battle of Lunga Point, was a nighttime naval battle that took place on 30 November 1
USS Minneapolis at Tulagi with torpedo damage, 1 December 1942
Raizō Tanaka
Carleton H. Wright
TF67 heads for Guadalcanal on November 30. Fletcher (foreground) is followed by Perkins, Maury, Drayton, and the cruisers (far distance).