Pertempuran Lapangan Udara Henderson
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↑  Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 143 dan Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 338. Angka ini menujukkan total pasukan Sekutu di Guadalkanal, bukan berarti semuanya terlibat pertempuran. 4.500 lebih tentara Amerika bersiaga di Tulagi.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 323, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 139. 5.000 tentara ada di pulau setelah Pertempuran Punggung Bukit Edson dan 15.000 lagi datang diantara waktu itu sampai 17 Oktober.
1 2 3  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 337.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 364–65. Sekitar 200 tentara luka-luka. Casualty figures from various official U.S. military records agak berbeda satu sama lainnya.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 365. Divisi Marinir ke-1 Amerika Serikat memperkirakan 2.200 pasukan Jepang terbunuh. Tetapi Frank mengatakan bahwa jumlah itu, "mungkin dibawah total yang sebenarnya." Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 63, menyatakan 3.000 tentara Jepang yang tewas.
↑  Hogue, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 235–36.
↑  Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 14–5 dan Shaw, First Offensive, hlm. 18.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 96–9, Dull, Imperial Japanese Navy, hlm. 225, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 137–38.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 202, 210–211.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 141–43, 156–8, 228–46, & 681.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, hlm. 132 & 158, Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 61, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 152, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 224, 251–4, 266–8, & 289–90, dan Dull, Imperial Japanese Navy, hlm. 225–26.
↑  Rottman, US Marine Corps, hlm. 71.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 156 dan Smith, Bloody Ridge, hlm. 198–200.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, hlm. 204 dan Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 270.
↑  Zimmerman, The Guadalcanal Campaign, hlm. 96–101, Smith, Bloody Ridge, hlm. 204–15, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 269–90, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 169–76, dan Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 318–22. Infanteri ke-2 disebut Sendai karena sebagian besar tentaranya berasal dari Prefektur Miyagi.
↑  Cook, Cape Esperance, hlm. 16, 19–20, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 293–97, Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 147–49, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 140–42, dan Dull, Imperial Japanese Navy, hlm. 225.
↑  Dull, Imperial Japanese Navy, hlm. 226–30, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 289–330, Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 149–71, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 322, dan Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 61. Pasukan Jepang yang dikirim ke Guadalkanal selama waktu ini terdiri dari Divisi Infantri ke-2 (Sendai), dua batalyon dari Divisi Infanteri ke-38 serta berbagai artileri, tank, insinyur, dan juga unit pendukung lainnya.
↑  Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 315–20, 171–5, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 326–27.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 328–29, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 319–21.
↑  Shaw, First Offensive, hlm. 34, dan Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 63.
↑  Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 61, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 328–40, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 329–30, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 186–87. Pasukan Kawaguchi juga termasuk pasukan yang tersisa dari Batalyon ke-3, Resimen Infanteri ke-124 yang semula merupakan bagian dari Brigade Infanteri ke-35 yang diperintahkan oleh Kawaguchi selama Pertempuran Punggung Bukit Edson.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 186–90, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 343–44, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 328–29, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 144–46.
↑  Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 155, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 339–41, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 330, Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 62, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 187–88, Jersey, Hell's Islands, hlm. 267, 274. Hanya satu senapan Jepang (senapan gunung 75 mm) yang benar-benar dapat mencapai posisi menembak untuk mendukung serangan dan hanya menembakkan 20 peluru. Hyakutake mengirim seorang anggota stafnya, Kolonel Masanobu Tsuji, untuk memantau kemajuan Divisi ke-2 di sepanjang jalan dan melaporkan kepadanya apakah serangan itu dapat dimulai pada 22 Oktober sesuai dengan jadwalnya. Masanobu Tsuji telah diidentifikasi oleh beberapa sejarawan sebagai dalang di balik Barisan Kematian Bataan.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 330–32, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 342–45, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 193, Jersey, Hell's Islands, hlm. 283.
↑  Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 62, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 342–44, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 330–32, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 186–93, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 159–60.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 193, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 346–48, Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 62.
↑  Miller, Cactus Air Force, hlm. 143–44.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 332–33, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 349–50, Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 62–3, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 195–96. Dua belas tank awalnya didaratkan oleh Jepang. Dua buah diantaranya rusak selama pendaratan dan satu lagi hancur saat melakukan serangan tipuan di dekat Matanikau. Gilbert, Marine Tank Battles, hlm. 48–49.
↑  Gilbert, Marine Tank Battles, hlm. 49, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 157–58, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 349–50, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 332, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 195–96. The Marines lost 2 killed in the action. Nakaguma's infantry losses are not recorded but were, according to Frank, "unquestionably severe." Griffith menyebutkan kalau 600 of Nakaguma's men were killed. Hanya 17 dari 44 anggota 1st Independent Tank Company survived the battle.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 196, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 351–52, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 333.
↑  Shaw, First Offensive, hlm. 37, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 348–52, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 333.
1 2  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 353–4.
↑  Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 160–2.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 197–98.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 354–55, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 334.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 334–35 dan Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 355.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 198, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 355–56, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 334–35, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 160–63.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 334–35, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 356.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 356–58.
↑  Miller, Cactus Air Force, hlm. 145–46, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 357, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 201–02.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 201–02, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 357–59, Miller, Cactus Air Force, hlm. 147.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 360–61, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 201–02, Miller, Cactus Air Force, hlm. 147–49.
↑  Lundstrom, Guadalcanal Campaign, hlm. 343–52, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 359–61, Miller, Cactus Air Force, hlm. 146–51, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 335–36. Kapal induk  Hiyō  sedang berbasis di Rabaul dan Buin. Sehingga, pesawat pengintai berasal dari Skuadron Udara Independen Angkatan Udara ke-76 milik Angkatan Udara Jepang.
↑  Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 164, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 361, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 336.
1 2  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 361–2.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, hlm. 336.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 203–04.
1 2  Zimmerman, Guadalcanal Campaign, hlm. 122–23.
1 2  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 363–4.
1 2  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 204.
↑  Jersey, Hell's Islands, hlm. 292, Miller, Guadalcanal: The First Offensive, hlm. 166, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 364.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 406.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 407.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, 418, 424, dan 553.
↑  Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 199–207, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 368–78, Dull, Imperial Japanese Navy, hlm. 235–37. Laksamana Chester Nimitz, Panglima tertinggi Pasukan Pasifik Sekutu, menggantikan Ghormley dengan Halsey pada 18 Oktober.
↑  Dull, Imperial Japanese Navy, hlm. 237–44, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 379–03, Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, hlm. 207–24.
↑  Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 63–4, Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 404–06.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, hlm. 428–92, Rottman, Japanese Army, hlm. 64, Dull, Imperial Japanese Navy, hlm. 245–69.