The 11,000 Marines musi Guadalcanal pakutanga pfungwa paumbwe kusununguka kuzvidzivirira perimeter akapoteredza Lunga Point uye nhandare yendege, kutamira pasi zvokushandisa mukati perimeter uye kupedza nhandare yendege. Mumazuva mana nesimba zvikuru, zvokushandisa vakanga vatamira kubva kumhenderekedzo kumhenderekedzo kuti vakapararira dumps mukati perimeter. Basa rakatanga panhandare yendege pakarepo, kunyanya vachishandisa vakatapwa Japanese midziyo. On August 12 nhandare yendege ainzi Henderson Field pashure Lofton R. Henderson, mumwe Marine mutyairi akaurayiwa panguva Battle of Midway. Pakazosvika August 18 nhandare yendege Matanunga akanga akagadzirira kushanda.
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