Pakutanga kwaNovember, Allied intelligence yakadzidza kuti maJapan aive achigadzirira zvakare kuyedza kutora Henderson Field. Naizvozvo, US yakatumira Task Force 67, yakakura yekusimbisa uye yekupazve konvo inotakura kutsiva kweMarine, mauto maviri eUS Army, uye zvombo uye chikafu, chinotungamirwa naTurner, kuenda kuGuadalcanal musi wa11 Mbudzi. Ngarava dzekutakura dzaidzivirirwa nemapoka maviri ebasa, anotungamirwa naRear Admirals Daniel J. Callaghan naNorman Scott, uye ndege kubva kuHenderson. Ngarava dzeMunda dzakarwiswa kanoverengeka musi wa11 na12 Mbudzi nendege dzeJapan kubva kuRabaullag,... dzichipinda kuburikidza nenhandare yendege kuBuinville, Bougainville, asi zhinji dzakaraswa pasina kukuvara kwakakomba. Ndege dzekuongorora dzeUS dzakaona kuswedera kwechisimba kwechisimba chebhomba uye dzakapfuura kuti dzidzivirire Allied.
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