Actions along the Matanikau (September – October 1942)

**opérations de la rivière Matanikau**
	engagement terrestre allié, campagne de Guadalcanal (1942), Guerre du Pacifique
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Nature de l’élément	bataille;
Partie de	bataille de Guadalcanal;
Lieu	Guadalcanal, province de Guadalcanal, Îles Salomon
Date	9 octobre 1942;
Date de début	23 septembre 1942;
Date de fin	9 octobre 1942;
Nombre de victimes	156 (États-Unis); 750 (empire du Japon);
	9° 24′ 38″ S, 160° 20′ 56″ E
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General

World War II Pacific theater in August, 1942.
Pacific Ocean divided up into WWII Allied commands.
South Pacific, 1942.
Map of southwest Pacific area in 1942-1943.
Strategic situation in South Pacific, summer 1942. Red circles are Japanese bases. Blue arrows are Allied shipping and communication lines between U.S. and Australia and New Zealand.
Allied lines of communication in the South Pacific, 1942.
Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands and New Caledonia area, 1942.
Map of the Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands.
Guadalcanal

U.S. positions in the Lunga Perimeter on Guadalcanal following the Battle of Edson's Ridge, late September, 1942.
Map of Matanikau action between U.S. Marines and Japanese forces, September 24-27, 1942, on Guadalcanal.
Aerial map of Point Cruz, Guadalcanal overlaid with actions by U.S. and Japanese forces during operations in late September, 1942.
The 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, withdraws from its dangerously exposed position west of Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, under cover of naval gunfire and artillery support in late September, 1942.
U.S. and Japanese actions along the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, 23-27 Sep, 1942.
Photo of the terrain around Point Cruz on Guadalcanal.
U.S. Marines evacuate under fire near Point Cruz on September 27.
U.S. Marine 105mm gun on Guadalcanal, September, 1942.
A U.S. 11th Marines 75mm pack howitzer and crew on Guadalcanal, September or October, 1942.
A U.S. Marine patrol crosses the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal, probably in late September or early October, 1942.
U.S. Marine commander Merritt Edson.
Japanese Major General Kawaguchi (seated center with mustache).
Japanese Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake.
U.S. Marine Lieutenant General Vandegrift.
U.S. Marine Brigadier General Samuel B. Griffith II, who, as a Lieutenant Colonel, served as executive officer under Merritt Edson in the 1st Raiders and then commanded the battalion.
U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel "Chesty" Puller on Guadalcanal in September, 1942.

Japanese Maj Gen Maruyama, commander of the Japanese 2nd Infantry Division, arrived on Guadalcanal on October 2, 1942 and began to deploy his troops along the Matanikau River soon after.
U.S. Matanikau offensive on Guadalcanal, October 7-9, 1942.
U.S. Matanikau offensive on Guadalcanal, October 7-9, 1942.
ACTION ON THE MATANIKAU, Guadalcanal, from 7 to 9 October, 1942, enabled General Vandegrift to establish forward positions in that area during the balance of the campaign.
U.S. positions along the Matanikau and Lunga Point, October 9, 1942.
U.S. Marine defensive positions along the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, October, 1942.
The 1st Raider Battalion and the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, found themselves immobilized by the Japanese along the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal in October, 1942.
Japanese tanks knocked out by marine 37mm guns along the mouth of the Matanikau.
Japanese tanks knocked out by marine 37mm guns along the mouth of the Matanikau.