Brush Burn PTO (id:#58576)

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Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1942-08-19 (9 others)

Overview:

Native scouts had informed the Marines that a Japanese radio station was located at Guruhasu, to the east of the 12 day-old Marine beachhead. A patrol of about 60 men under Captain Charles Brush was sent to investigate. About noon, Brush was informed by native guides that a 38-man Japanese patrol was heading west towards them along the coastal Government Track. The Japanese, under the command of Captain Shibuya, were heading to Alligator Creek to set up a communications point. They were part of the Ichiki Detachment which had landed during the night with the task of recapturing the island.

Defender: Japanese (28th Infantry Regiment, "Ichiki Detachment")  

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