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Hondo yeSolomon Islands mukati mekusvika kweJapan pakutanga kwehondo. Akabatanidzwa zvikuru muGuadalcanal Campaign. Kubvira pakupera kwa1942 vakapa dziviriro yemhepo kuSoutheast Area Fleet.