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- Actions_along_the_Matanikau abstract "The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related engagements, which took place in the months of September and October 1942, among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal (island in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia) during the Guadalcanal Campaign. These particular engagements—the first taking place between 23 and 27 September, and the second between 6 and 9 October—were two of the largest and most significant of the Matanikau actions.The Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal included a peninsula called Point Cruz, the village of Kokumbona, and a series of ridges and ravines stretching inland from the coast. Japanese forces used the area to regroup from attacks against U.S. forces on the island, to launch further attacks on the U.S. defenses that guarded the Allied airfield (called Henderson Field) located at Lunga Point on Guadalcanal, as a base to defend against Allied attacks directed at Japanese troop and supply encampments between Point Cruz and Cape Esperance on western Guadalcanal, and as a location for watching and reporting on Allied activity around Henderson Field.In the first action, elements of three U.S. Marine battalions under the command of U.S. Marine Major General Alexander Vandegrift attacked Japanese troop concentrations at several points around the Matanikau River. The Marine attacks were intended to \"mop-up\" Japanese stragglers retreating towards the Matanikau from the recent Battle of Edson's Ridge, to disrupt Japanese attempts to use the Matanikau area as a base for attacks on the Marine Lunga defenses, and to destroy any Japanese forces in the area. The Japanese—under the overall command of Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi—repulsed the Marine attacks. During the action, three U.S. Marine companies were surrounded by Japanese forces, took heavy losses, and barely escaped with assistance from a U.S. Navy destroyer and landing craft manned by U.S. Coast Guard personnel.In the second action two weeks later, a larger force of U.S. Marines successfully crossed the Matanikau River, attacked Japanese forces under the command of newly arrived generals Masao Maruyama and Yumio Nasu, and inflicted heavy casualties on a Japanese infantry regiment. The second action forced the Japanese to retreat from their positions east of the Matanikau and hindered Japanese preparations for their planned major offensive on the U.S. Lunga defenses set for later in October 1942 that resulted in the Battle for Henderson Field.".
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau causalties "156 killed".
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Akinosuke_Oka.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Alexander_Vandegrift.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Chesty_Puller.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Harukichi_Hyakutake.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Herman_H._Hanneken.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Kiyotake_Kawaguchi.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Masao_Maruyama_(Japanese_Army_officer).
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Merritt_A._Edson.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Samuel_B._Griffith.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau commander Yumio_Nasu.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau date "1942-10-09".
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau isPartOfMilitaryConflict Pacific_War.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau place Guadalcanal.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau place Solomon_Islands.
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau result "October action: United States victory".
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau result "September action:Japanesevictory;".
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau strength "2,000".
- Actions_along_the_Matanikau strength "3,000".
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