Carlson’s patrol
The 2nd Marine Raider Battalion attacked Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, from 6 November to 4 December 1942. In a series of small unit engagements over 29 days, the 2nd Raiders killed almost 500 Japanese soldiers while suffering only 16 killed. The raiders also captured a Japanese field gun that was delivering harassing fire on Henderson Field, the Allied airfield at...