By the early afternoon they had crossed the airstrip and had occupied abandoned defensive works on the south side .
By noon the U.S. forces had brought up their own heavy machine guns , and the Japanese posts were put out of action .
By the early afternoon Japanese had crossed the airstrip and had occupied abandoned defensive works on the south side .
By noon the U.S. forces had brought up their own heavy machine guns , and the Japanese posts were put out of action .