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What were the keyleaders of the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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http://www.daveswarbirds.com/guadalcanal/photos-leaders.htm
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
In command of Phase I of Operation Watchtower (the invasion of Guadalcanal)
Vice-Admiral Robert L. Ghormley
U.S. Navy Commander in the South Pacific
Admiral Fletcher
Acted as commander in the area on
behalf of Vice-Admiral Ghormley
Rear Admiral Kelly Turner
Commander of the Amphibious Force,
immediately under Admiral Fletcher
Vice-Admiral John S. McCain
in charge of shore-based aircraft on Guadalcanal
Rear Admiral Norman Scott
Commander of the U.S. Naval forces
at the Battle of Cape Esperance
Rear Admiral Wright
commanded the USN forces at the
disastrous naval Battle of Tassafaronga
in which a Japanese destroyer force
beat a force of American cruisers.
Rear-Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan
USN task force commander at the nighttime Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, he was killed during that battle while on the bridge of the cruiser San Francisco.
Rear-Admiral Willis A. Lee
Commanded the US battleships
South Dakota and Washington at
the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Admiral Kinkaid
Led the USN task force of the USS Enterprise and the South Dakota at the Battle of the Santa Cruz
Vice-Admiral F. "Bull" Halsey
replaced Ghormley as Commander
of the South Pacific area
U.S. Marine Corps
Major-General Alexander A. Vandegrift
1st Marine Division commander
Brigadier-General Roy S. Geiger
Commander of the 1st Air Wing
Brigadier-General William H. Rupertus
Commander of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion
Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis "Chesty" Puller
led the 1st Battalion of the 7th Marines
Lieutenant-Colonel Harold E. Rosecrans
led the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Marines
Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt A. Edson
led the 1st Marine Raider Battalion
underneath Brigadier-General Rupertus
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel B. Griffith
Executive Officer to Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt A. Edson
Lieutenant-Colonel Evans F. Carlson
led the 2nd Raider Battalion,
known as "Carlson's Raiders"
Major General John Marston
Commander of the 2nd Marine Division
U.S. Army
General Millard F. Harmon
Army Commander South Pacific
Major General Alexander M. Patch
led the Americal Division, which assumed control of all combat operations on Guadacanal on December 9, 1942, relieving the 1st Marine Division.
Brigadier-General Edmund B. Sebree
Replaced General Rupertus, and commanded the western sector of the American perimeter during the action on the Matanikau in November 1942.
Britain and the Commonwealth Leaders
Rear-Admiral V.A.C. Crutchley
Royal Navy
Admiral Turner's second-in-command
Imperial Japanese Navy
Admiral Mikawa
Commander-in-chief of the Eighth Fleet
Rear-Admiral RaizoTanaka
conveyed reinforcements to
Guadalcanal in late August
Admiral Kondo
Led the Japanese naval forces during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942.
Admiral Nagumo
Led the IJN 3rd Fleet at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and Carrier Division 1 at the Battle of Santa Cruz.
Vice-Admiral Kusaka
IJN senior naval commander at Rabaul
Imperial Japanese Army
Colonel Kiyono Ichiki
Leader of the force that attacked Marine positions in the Battle of the Tenaru on the night of August 20-21, 1942.
http://www.daveswarbirds.com/guadalcanal/photos-leaders.htm
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
In command of Phase I of Operation Watchtower (the invasion of Guadalcanal)
Vice-Admiral Robert L. Ghormley
U.S. Navy Commander in the South Pacific
Admiral Fletcher
Acted as commander in the area on
behalf of Vice-Admiral Ghormley
Rear Admiral Kelly Turner
Commander of the Amphibious Force,
immediately under Admiral Fletcher
Vice-Admiral John S. McCain
in charge of shore-based aircraft on Guadalcanal
Rear Admiral Norman Scott
Commander of the U.S. Naval forces
at the Battle of Cape Esperance
Rear Admiral Wright
commanded the USN forces at the
disastrous naval Battle of Tassafaronga
in which a Japanese destroyer force
beat a force of American cruisers.
Rear-Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan
USN task force commander at the nighttime Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, he was killed during that battle while on the bridge of the cruiser San Francisco.
Rear-Admiral Willis A. Lee
Commanded the US battleships
South Dakota and Washington at
the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Admiral Kinkaid
Led the USN task force of the USS Enterprise and the South Dakota at the Battle of the Santa Cruz
Vice-Admiral F. "Bull" Halsey
replaced Ghormley as Commander
of the South Pacific area
U.S. Marine Corps
Major-General Alexander A. Vandegrift
1st Marine Division commander
Brigadier-General Roy S. Geiger
Commander of the 1st Air Wing
Brigadier-General William H. Rupertus
Commander of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion
Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis "Chesty" Puller
led the 1st Battalion of the 7th Marines
Lieutenant-Colonel Harold E. Rosecrans
led the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Marines
Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt A. Edson
led the 1st Marine Raider Battalion
underneath Brigadier-General Rupertus
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel B. Griffith
Executive Officer to Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt A. Edson
Lieutenant-Colonel Evans F. Carlson
led the 2nd Raider Battalion,
known as "Carlson's Raiders"
Major General John Marston
Commander of the 2nd Marine Division
U.S. Army
General Millard F. Harmon
Army Commander South Pacific
Major General Alexander M. Patch
led the Americal Division, which assumed control of all combat operations on Guadacanal on December 9, 1942, relieving the 1st Marine Division.
Brigadier-General Edmund B. Sebree
Replaced General Rupertus, and commanded the western sector of the American perimeter during the action on the Matanikau in November 1942.
Britain and the Commonwealth Leaders
Rear-Admiral V.A.C. Crutchley
Royal Navy
Admiral Turner's second-in-command
Imperial Japanese Navy
Admiral Mikawa
Commander-in-chief of the Eighth Fleet
Rear-Admiral RaizoTanaka
conveyed reinforcements to
Guadalcanal in late August
Admiral Kondo
Led the Japanese naval forces during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942.
Admiral Nagumo
Led the IJN 3rd Fleet at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and Carrier Division 1 at the Battle of Santa Cruz.
Vice-Admiral Kusaka
IJN senior naval commander at Rabaul
Imperial Japanese Army
Colonel Kiyono Ichiki
Leader of the force that attacked Marine positions in the Battle of the Tenaru on the night of August 20-21, 1942.
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