Pertempuran Tenaru
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↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 14–15.  Although other Marine units participated to some degree in the battle (such Amerika Serikat the divisional artillery), this was the approximate number that were directly engaged.
↑  Frank, Guadalkanal, p. 147 & 681.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 71.  Smith says 38 were tewas in the battle in addition to the three tewas in the Brush patrol.
↑  Frank, Guadalkanal, p. 156 & 681.  Frank says 41 were tewas in the battle in addition to the three tewas in the Brush patrol.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 73.  Smith says 128 of the original 917 total complement of the 1st echelon survived, meaning 774 were tewas after subtracting the 15 captured from the total lost in the battle.
↑  Frank, Guadalkanal, p. 156 & 681.  Frank says 777 were tewas.
↑  Hogue, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, pp. 235–236.
↑  Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, pp. 14–15.
↑  Zimmerman, The Guadalcanal Campaign, pp. 49–56.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 11 & 16.
↑  Shaw, First Offensive, p. 13.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, pp. 16–17.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 148, Jersey, Hell's Islands, p. 205.
↑  Zimmerman, The Guadalcanal Campaign, p. 62.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, p. 100, Jersey, Hell's Islands, p. 205, and Smith, Bloody Ridge, p.47. The U.S. and Japanese soldiers killed in this engagement are included in the total casualty figures for the Tenaru battle. Captain Yoshimi Shibuya was the leader of the Japanese patrol. One of the five Japanese survivors later died of his wounds at Taivu Point.
↑  Zimmerman, The Guadalcanal Campaign, p. 62
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 149.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 150.
↑  Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, p. 102, Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, p. 290, and Smith, Bloody Ridge, pp. 58–59.
↑  Jersey, Hell's Islands, p. 210, Hammel, Carrier Clash, p. 137.
↑  Zimmerman, The Guadalcanal Campaign, p. 68.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 153.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, pp. 62–63.
↑  Gilbert, Marine Tank Battles, p. 42–43, Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, p. 106, Jersey, Hell's Islands, p. 212, and Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 66. Some sources state that only four tanks were involved.
↑  Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 71–72. Smith states that most Japanese survivors of the battle insist that Ichiki was killed in action, not by suicide. After the battle, a wounded Japanese officer, apparently feigning death, shot and seriously wounded an inspecting Marine with a small pistol before being killed by another Marine, Andy Poliny. Poliny believes that this was Ichiki.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 156. Frank states that the official Japanese Defense Agency history of the battle (Senshi Sōshō) says that Ichiki committed suicide in the seppuku manner. However, one Japanese survivor's account states that Ichiki was last seen advancing towards the U.S. Marine lines.
↑  Hough, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, p. 291 and Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 43 and 73. Since 100 troops were left behind as a rear guard and 128 of the unit survived the battle, that means that about 30 escaped from the engagement back to the rear guard area.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 157.
↑  Leckie, Helmet For My Pillow, pp. 84–85
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 158 and Smith, Bloody Ridge, p. 74.
↑  Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 245