US Marine Corps At Guadalcanal (1942)

US Marine Corps At Guadalcanal 10Sep42 Marine carries Japanese flame thrower. Marines fire Japanese field gun & heavy machine gun. Pan across Henderson Field. Planting trees. 06:27:56 Artillery loaded from dock to AP (Transport Ship) alongside. Pan convoy of APs & AKs (Cargo Ships) underway. AP underway during storm at sea - very rough water. CU Marine fires Japanese light machine gun & Japanese rifle. Marines operate Japanese field guns. 06:30:08 Marines wade ashore thru shallow water; landing craft beached in BG. 06:31:12 Marines unload 500 lb. bombs from LCVPs to truck alongside dock. Officer questions Japanese prisoner. SBD taxis on airstrip & parks in revetment. Marines examine many Japanese dead lying on beach at Guadalcanal. CU dead Japanese. CU parts of a Japanese flame thrower. 06:33:25 Japanese flame thrower in operation. Marines operate Japanese heavy machine gun, light machine gun & rifle. WWII. Pacific War. Horror; Death;