Original sentence: By mid-November, the situation in the Solomons was far from good for the Americans, who were now down to one operational aircraft carrier, , after the sinking of  in September and  in October, and Japanese surface warships were subjecting the United States Marine Corps|Marine Henderson Field on Guadalcanal to heavy bombardments with disturbing frequency
Edited sentence: By mid-November, the situation in the Solomons was far from good for the Americans, who were now down to one operational aircraft carrier, , after the sinking of  in September and  in October, and Japanese surface warships were subjecting the Marine Henderson Field on Guadalcanal to heavy bombardments with disturbing frequency