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The Raiders’ orders came from Marine Maj. Gen. Alexander Vandegrift, commanding the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal. An aircraft dropped the order to Carlson on November 5. The Raiders were to conduct reconnaissance to determine what Japanese forces existed to the east of Henderson Field.
On 4–5 September USS Little (APD-4) and USS Gregory (APD-3) were finished landing their Marine Raiders back onto Guadalcanal and then patrolled the area for submarines which were surfacing and shelling the Marines nightly. Three Japanese destroyers, who did not know that enemy surface ships were patrolling the area, positioned themselves to attack Henderson Field and the two American destroyer-transports believed at first that they were a submarine.
- Allied victory
The Marine Raiders battledress was the M1942 Frog Skin pattern. [6] In 1942, the Marine Raiders were the first unit issued with the M1942 Frog Skin pattern, which was reversible with a five-colour jungle pattern on one side and a three-colour beach pattern on the other side. [7] [8]
On August 7, 1942, some 6,000 men of the U.S. 1st Marine Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Alexander Vandegrift, launched an amphibious assault on Guadalcanal and Florida Island, surprising Guadalcanal’s 2,000 Japanese defenders. The landings were made with strong naval and air support and met with little initial resistance, and the airfield on Guadalcanal and the harbour on Florida Island were seized in the first 36 hours.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 8, 2018 · Marines take a breather in Guadalcanal’s extreme heat. Climate and illness claimed more Raiders than did the Japanese, with 225 falling sick during their long patrol. ... Four Raiders were ...
Aug 11, 2017 · Smith first saw combat with the Raiders during the Aug. 7 assault on Tulagi, a small island to the North of Guadalcanal, when Smith and a small group of Marines were ambushed and became pinned in ...
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The 1st and 2nd Raider Battalions, U.S. Marine Corps, which fought so bravely under Lieutenant Colonel Merritt A. “Red Mike” Edson and Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson at Guadalcanal were the embodiment of a noble experiment that began in the early days of World War II. The short-lived Marine Raiders, four of which were eventually formed ...
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