This battle included the so-called "First Anniversary Hate Shoot."
This battle included the so-called "First Anniversary Hate Shoot." A drunken POW led FrankGoettge's patrol into a disastrous ambush early in this battle, which saw so many ships sunk in aportion of "The Slot" that it became known as Ironbottom Sound. Operation Watchtower began thisbattle with a landing near Lunga Point, where the 1st Marine Division captured a makeshift landingstrip used by the "Cactus Air Force" as (*) Henderson Field. The Tokyo Express supplied the defendersin this battle, which included fighting on Savo, Florida, and Tulagi Islands. Fought from August 1942 toFebruary 1943 over a namesake island in the Eastern Solomons, for 10 points, name this bloody campaignconsidered along with Midway the major turning point in the Pacific War.
This battle included the so-called "First Anniversary Hate Shoot."
Battle of Guadalcanal [or Guadalcanal Campaign; or Operation Watchtower before mentioned; prompt on Solomon Island campaign; prompt on Solomons; anti-prompt on specific answers like "Savo," "Tulagi," or "Florida"]