Vandegrift akatumira mauto matanhatu eMarine, akazowedzerwa nebato rimwe reU.S. Army, pakurwisa kumadokero kweMatanikau. Kuvhiya uku kwakatungamirwa naMerritt Edson uye chinangwa chayo chaive chekutora Kokumbona, dzimbahwe re17th Army, kumadokero kwePoint Cruz. Kudzivirira nzvimbo yePoint Cruz kwaive mauto euto reJapan kubva ku4th Infantry Regiment inotungamirwa naNomasu Nakaguma.
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