Battle for Henderson Field – 1st Battalion, 7th Marines – Puller’s comapany C – Guadalcanal
Hi everybody! So this is My first mod.
I am a big fan of the Guadalcanal Campaign so I decided to re-create this engagement between The U.S and The Emperial forces of Japan. Some of you may know this battle from the series The Pacific where John Basilone single handedly killed hundreds of Japanese.
Many battles will come such as The Battle of The Tenaru, Edson’s Ridge and many more …
I also have some projects on making battles involving the forgotten french colony forces during WW2 and French Indochina such as Moroccan Tiralleurs and Goums,Senegalese and Algerian Tiralleurs … That in my opinion were the backbone of the French Army and played a great role in these two wars.
Info: This Battle is not scripted as I honestly don’t know a thing about scripting, But I’ll learn. So you can play around with this battle by scripting …. You also need The Rising Sun Mod. (Play it in the editor only)
Some History:
The Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of Henderson Field or Battle of Lunga Point by the Japanese, took place from 23–26 October 1942 on and around Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The battle was a land, sea, and air battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and was fought between the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine and U.S. Army) forces. The battle was the third of the three major land offensives conducted by the Japanese during the Guadalcanal campaign.
With the redeployment of Hanneken’s battalion, the 700 troops of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines under Lieutenant Colonel Chesty Puller were left alone to hold the entire 2,500 yd (2,300 m) line on the southern face of the Lunga perimeter east of the Lunga River. Late on 24 October, Marine patrols detected Maruyama’s approaching forces, but it was now too late in the day for the Marines to rearrange their dispositions.
Further west, the 9th Company of Nasu’s 3rd Battalion charged straight into Puller’s Company C at 01:15. Within five minutes, a Marine machine gun section led by Sergeant John Basilone killed almost every member of the 9th Company. By 01:25, heavy fire from the Marine divisional artillery was falling into Nasu’s troop assembly and approach routes, causing heavy casualties.
ENJOY ! Amrdonna
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