Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Nokuda kweU.S. nevatsigiri vayo, kukunda muhondo yeTenaru kwakanga kuchikosha mupfungwa yokuti varwi veAllied, mushure mokunge vakundwa nemapoka ehondo yeJapan muPacific uye kumabvazuva kweAsia, zvino vaiziva kuti vaigona kukunda Mauto eHumambo muhondo yepasi. Hondo iyi yakaisawo mumwe muenzaniso uyo waizopfuurira muhondo yose muPacific, uyo wakanga uri kusada kwevarwi vokuJapan vakakundwa kuzvininipisa uye kuedza kwavo kupfuurira kuuraya varwi veAllied, kunyange sezvo varwi vokuJapan vakanga vachifa pamunda wehondo. Panhau iyi Vandegrift akati, "Handina kutongonzwa kana kurava nezvorudzi urwu rwokurwa. Vanhu ava vanoramba kuzviisa pasi. Vakakuvadzwa vanomirira kusvikira varume vauya kuzovaongorora... ndokuzvipfura vamene nomumwe mukomana kuva zvidimbu nebhomba remaoko". Robert Leckie, murwi weGuadalcanal, anoyeuka migumisiro yehondo yacho mubhuku rake rinonzi Helmet For My Pillow, "Regiyoni yedu yakanga yauraya vamwe vanenge mazana mapfumbamwe vavo. Vazhinjisa vaivata mumapoka kana kuti mirwi pamberi pemakomba epfuti vachirayira muridzo wejecha, sokunge vakanga vasina kufa vari voga asi mumapoka. Pakati pavo paiva nevavhimi vezviyeuchidzo, vachitora nzira yavo nokungwarira sokunge vaitya zviteyeso, nepo vachibvisa miviri yezvinhu zvavo". Hondo yacho yakanga ine revowo mupfungwa mukuti varwi voUmambo vaidavira mukusakundikana kwavo vamene nomudzimu mukuru. Pakazosvika August 25, vazhinji vevakapona vaIchiki vakasvika paTaivu Point ndokunyorera Rabaul kuti vaudze mauto e17 kuti boka raIchiki rakanga "raparadzwa panzvimbo iri pedyo nenhandare yendege". Vachipindura nokusadavira mashoko acho, vakuru vakuru veJapan vakaenderera mberi nezvirongwa zvokuendesa mamwe mauto kuGuadalcanal kuti vaedzezve kutora Henderson Field. Kurwisa kukuru kwakazotevera kweJapan kunharaunda yeLunga kwakaitika paHondo yeEdson's Ridge masvondo matatu gare gare, panguva ino vachishandisa simba rakakura kwazvo kupfuura raishandiswa muhondo yeTenaru.  Mubvunzo: chii chichaitika musi waAugust 25?
vakawanda vevakapona vaIichiki vakasvika paTaivu Point