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Show 'Welcoming Committee' on Guadalcanal rW- f0l iim 1?S a? , j si - A-V.h Mil Manning a 75 mm. gun amidst a tropical setting on Guadalcanal island in the Solomons, this crew of U. S. marines and many others like it poured shells into the lines of the Japanese invaders. The Japs lost heavily in men and equipment as they tried desperately to dent the U. S. lines around the vital Henderson airfield, in an effort to regain it. Meanwhile U. S. warships shelled the enemy's positions on the strategic island. |