The Patriot
08-10-2010, 04:28 AM
On the night of 8-9 August 1942 (just one day after the the 1st Marines landed on Guadalcanal), a Japanese force of seven cruisers and one destroyer under Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi, inflicted one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Savo Island. Fearing an air attack at [...]
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