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Marines Strike Solomon Islands Inrafters Landing Blitz
U S Marines hit the Solomon Islands with a dawn bombardment and landings onTulagi Guadalcanal and Gavutu Tanambogo. Jap air power drowned before they could fly, while Marine columns moved inland through coconut groves, caves and pillboxes facing hidden snipers and fortified tunnels. Captain Harry L. Torgeson leads cave blasting on Gavutu earning hard-fought progress.
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Solomons
U. S
E. J. Crane
Florida Island
Tulagi
Merritt Edson
Veay
Tulasi
Guadalcanal
L. P. Hunt
Florida
Solomon
Solomon Islands
Gavutu
Tanambogo
Robert H. Williams
Williams
George Stallings
Harry L. Torgeson