Created by Tom Horn on 6 Jun 2011, Last Update on 6 Jun 2011

Edson Ridge - 12 Sep 1942

U.S. Marines led by General Vandegrift, repulsed an attack by Kawaguchi's 35th Infantry Brigade. The Marines were defending the southern ridgeline that guarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. The second of three major Japanese offensives on the island.

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Tags : Japan,United States,Solomon Islands,Land,Pacific,Combat

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