⚔️Guadalcanal – Battle of the Tenaru (Alligator Creek), 21 August 1942
August 2026, Ilu River (Alligator Creek). I am exploring the site of the 21 August 1942 Japanese attack against the Marines on the Lunga perimeter. The Japanese ‘Ichiki Detachment’ was a battalion-sized force from the 28th Infantry Regiment, led by the Regimental Commander, Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki. Facing them across the Ilu River was the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
and 1st Battalion, 1st Marines