I actually feel bad for this video since it is not getting any comments! This man is giving you a history lesson! Please comment to him like he is your history teacher
@jonathancazares6165
5 жыл бұрын
the names Astro_Dick not Project_Beatles
@MichaelChapmanNatchez
4 жыл бұрын
My dad was a Marine and fought on Guadalcanal. He didn't say much about it, but once when I was a boy I asked him about Guadalcanal. I think it was because in my history class the teacher talked about Guadalcanal and "the turning of the tide" in the Pacific war. This was probably in the late 60's or early 70's. So, my dad opened up a little about this battle. I remember he talked about how the Japanese soldiers came down the beach talking and with no noise discipline. He seemed still completely perplexed as to why they would do that. He was a machine gunner in a .30 caliber crew. I lost my dad in 1997. But he was the rock of my family and an amazing man. Thanks for this video. Helps me understand what my dad and his band of brothers went through.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
4 жыл бұрын
Mike Chapman thank you for sharing!!!
@donaldbromagen5808
4 жыл бұрын
I heard about this battle for years. I was very good friends with the Marine who manned the machine gun pit ( he was the machine gunner) closest to the ocean and covered the sand bar. He recounted how he lost a good friend there and how the Japanese would keep charging straight into his machine gun fire and the number which lay on the beach the next morning. He told me the story so many times, I have a vivid picture in my mind. He was with M company, 3rd battalion, 5th Marines, First Marine Division. He joined the Marines when he was 16 and landed on Guadalcanal less than a month after his 17th birthday. Great guy, better friend! RIP Hiriam, I miss you,
@bc1969214
6 жыл бұрын
Forrest, you do a great job with these. More WW2 sites please. Pacific island hopping campaign would be educational but the starting event- Pearl Harbor would be a nice addition before those.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
6 жыл бұрын
bc1969214 I really like your idea! I think I will do that. Thank you!
@kitdinker
6 жыл бұрын
Battle Of The Bulge when you get a chance please.
@faulltw
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I thought you had indicated the river had moved, but I must be mistaken. Again, love your work and thanks again.
@The_SemperFiGuy
5 жыл бұрын
Great job Forrest. I am a former US Marine and my Dad was before me. He fought on Guadalcanal. By all accounts from August of 1942 thru the end of the year, it was a very tenuous situation. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together. It was well done and well explained.
@australianlegoguy
4 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather served on USS Portland in WWII and was involved in the battle of Guadalcanal. He was a Chief Petty Officer.
@justanaussie2822
4 жыл бұрын
I have stood at those exact locations on a battle field tour. As a 21 year veteran myself. It was humbling. Great video
@mikeemery6741
4 жыл бұрын
Forrest, outstanding, accurate instructional episode of this historic battle on Guadalcanal. You are the first to point out that the Tenaru has shifted a bit in the last 78 years. Not many know that. Without the 1st Marines, WW2 would have most likely lasted much longer... Thank you
@PauloPereira-jj4jv
3 жыл бұрын
Actually the battle was not in that river.
@mikeemery6741
3 жыл бұрын
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv What kind of drugs are you on Paulo? The Tenaru was also called Alligator Creek by the Marines, and as Forrest Haggerty pointed out not only on Google Earth, but also using photographs taken the morning after showing hundreds of dead Japanese, next to the river, I would tend not to agree at your hostile comment above. Your highlighted reply regarding my comment above is just wrong.
@gotofavre
6 жыл бұрын
This one is interesting and informative and deserves a lot more Views
@brabham74
3 жыл бұрын
Late comment here. My dad was a US Marine who fought in a few south Pacific locations, the worst being Peleliu Island, but he was involved in the Guadalcanal campaign too Thanks Forrest, for your excellent, unique way of looking at historic events. It is appreciated by a lot of people.
@anneciochetto8265
4 жыл бұрын
My father's battalion was on Alligator Creek in September/October 1942. Appreciate having this video and being able to see the actual location along with the WW2 photos. Thank you!
@TREALAH
6 жыл бұрын
I was just talking with my 95yr old Grandpa about this. He was there & Took a rifle from a Japanese soldier he killed. He still has the rifle!
@maddog7795
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome what kind of rifle is it? I'm a restorative gunsmith and if he or you ever needs any work done on it, I do work for vets for free.
@jonathanallard2128
4 жыл бұрын
@@maddog7795 The more you'd retouch it, the more value it would lose.
@maddog7795
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanallard2128 not necessarily depends on the work that's done.
@kurthoman242
4 жыл бұрын
My uncle was there as well serving in the 1st. Marine Division.
@TREALAH
4 жыл бұрын
maddog Oh I’ll try to find out. My Grandpa just passed away a couple months ago. Rest his soul. He was a good man.
@OldStreetDoc
4 жыл бұрын
REALLY enjoy these videos! The IJA attack along the Tenaru River, especially at the river’s mouth, has fascinated me since I first read about it as a kid. Storming in mass over and over and over like that is almost beyond comprehension. But they had very little regard for American soldiers & Marines at that time. Almost as fascinating is that this battle essentially was the beginning of GYSGT John Basilone’s Marine Corps legend as well.
@ddgracia15
5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, your commentary is so good. It’s cool to see the current google maps and you show how things were back then so we can compare. New subscriber, looking back at all your work and look forward to new work. Learning so much and it’s actually fun!
@luvmydeck
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing these videos. Concise, focused and in plain language.
@roberthenry9319
4 жыл бұрын
All the comments that explain how important your work is are so correct. These are marvelous history lessons. Your videos should be required study material for students of American history from high school through college and on into graduate school. Nothing brings these events alive and makes them real and unforgettable like your work does.
@xXDrSnugglesXx
6 жыл бұрын
This is really interesting. Brings the history to light in a diffrent way from reading historybooks. Its easy to follow and it's very simplified and i like that. Good job, please do more :D
@markanderson4794
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Forrest. Learning more from you than anyone teacher I've had. Great detail. With the photos added really put you there. Sometimes chilling when you think about it. Another name I heard often but didn't know the details. Didn't realize this was the first marine battle of WW2. So many stories within stories from this war. I think about those who served often. Truly was the greatest generation.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
6 жыл бұрын
Mark Anderson thank you for the kind words and I’m happy you enjoyed it. I agree. Our WWII generation was an amazing generation. It’s just too bad that so many of them are gone now.
@patrickmccrann991
6 жыл бұрын
Actually, this was the 3rd Marine battle of Wirld War II. Marines first battle was the the defense of Wake Island in December 1941 and then the 4th Marines defended Corregidor in the Philippines in May 1942. This was the first U.S. offensive in the Pacific and first amphibious landing by Marines in World War II. The Japanese never went on the offensive again after Guadalcanal; it was the highwater mark of the war for Japan.
@Seenya59
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. My father fought in the battle of the Tenaru. He was an engineer with 1st MARDIV. He spoke of it very little. While I had read a good bit about it, this puts the visual to it. Thanks, again.
@ReadmanJ
4 жыл бұрын
Man, can't imagine the havoc and carnage wrought in that attack. Especially like you said those 37mm guns with Canister, must have been utterly devastating
@birddog7492
4 жыл бұрын
Guadalcanal was the first time the Japanese met a well supplied combat Marine. They had captured Marines that were Garrisoned in the Philippians when they ran out of food water and ammo. The Japanese really thought Americans were not fighting men. Then they met the U.S. Marine in close quarter combat. That must have been an eye opener.
@davidharris6581
4 жыл бұрын
Also the Japanese never completed the airfield and had it operational. The Marines finished Henderson Field with captured Japanese equipment.
@sakkiestoffberg4052
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!! Please more ! Putting yourself right on the spot ! Best type of historical lesson ever.
@jim6265
6 жыл бұрын
Great video! I have been to Guadalcanal and a good part of the Solomon's on a dive trip (years ago) and I can tell you it is stifling hot and humid. The Island hopping campaign Nimitz and leaders at the time had was astonishing. One example of this battle can be seen in the HBO miniseries 'The Pacific'. This Eastern end of Henderson Field is only a very small part of the battle for the island but was essential in the overall campaign. It is with my contention and cinematics aside, that 'The Pacific' is really a documentary! Again, thanks for the great video!
@Manhattanronnyc
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this really informative video. Integrating the history with the map made it very impactful. God bless the Marines!
@VibeXplorer
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent straightforward description. The use of google earth helps to make the history "more real". I love these kind of WWII archaeology videos. Getting into the physical details. Subbed!
@NEPTUNE700
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, it would be interesting to see more battlefields like this. WWI, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq.. ect. Keep up the good work. 👍
@birddog7492
4 жыл бұрын
I've read about this battle since I was a kid. people like you help me understand the battle better with the photos thank you. I had a friend that was there. I also had a great uncle with the 27th infantry U.S. Army He wasn't there for this battle but he helped Mop up. on Guadalcanal Or that's what he called it. Moping up was when squads were sent out to locate the enemy and do whatever you had to do to kill or capture them.
@luisgomez5049
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent work, Sir! I would suggest you add WW1 battle locations like the Somme or Ypres in France and Belgium.
@mrwdpkr5851
5 жыл бұрын
That is a great idea !
@inmmanda6129
2 жыл бұрын
I am Japanese and these scenes make me very sad. My relative was a member of the Ichiki branch unit that participated in the attack. The Ichiki branch was an elite unit with an outstanding captain and excellent soldiers. However, the Japanese Imperial Headquarters squandered it in vain. Colonel Ichiki brought this to the attention of the General Staff Headquarters, claiming that there was a shortage of men for the landing force, but the reply was that there was no problem with the current number of men. There were officers within the Army Department of the Imperial General Headquarters who considered the operation extremely dangerous, but they could not resist the optimistic climate that prevailed throughout the Army. The submarines that conducted reconnaissance informed us that the American forces were very numerous. Spies in the United States reported many tanks and troops headed for the Pacific in large fleets. However, the Imperial Japanese Army still considered this to be no problem. Wishful thinking, ignoring information obtained from prior reconnaissance, and inadequate friendly support. The Navy delayed sending warships and Zero fighters to cover the landing, and in turn, the Navy attempted to use the Army's landing force on Guadalcanal as a decoy to draw out the American fleet. I hate the antagonistic structure of the Army and Navy and the incompetent Japanese general staff more than I hate the U.S. military for killing Japanese servicemen.
@redtobertshateshandles
Жыл бұрын
The US military defended themselves. Successfully. You can't complain when YOUR attacks fail. Japanese infantry were successful many times, not this time.
@michaelhansen7516
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent use of Google Earth and photos to make things vivid, beyond the abstract descriptions
@mvhoward5667
6 жыл бұрын
I love this. I have tons of ww2 audiobooks. And this helps me get a better understanding of exactly how it all went down
@garystovall5841
3 жыл бұрын
Well done. I’ve read many books on this battle, and you put it together beautifully
@rolanddoucet9437
6 жыл бұрын
Amazing piece of history. I think it's extremely important that people learn where we're from, and how we got to this point in life, even if we or our forefathers weren't personally involved in the event described above.
@ds2jim
4 жыл бұрын
great analysis! thanks for pointing out about the Tenaru having changed location. it helps make sense of the other information I was given. great job!
@greggjohnson6001
5 жыл бұрын
My dad landed w/ first marines A/1/5, August 7, 1942. Stayed in the s/w pacific until he was discharged, thank goodness just before pelielu Talked about the horrors and hunger the rest of his life. thank you veterans!
@johnwaddell4107
2 жыл бұрын
A/1/5 is A company 1st Mar Div/5th Marine Regiment or 5th Marines.
@guadalcanal-walkingabattle5349
5 жыл бұрын
Hi, nice video. The picture at 4:50 is not at Alligator Creek and normally associated with the October Japanese attack with tanks at the mouth of the Matanikau. You can see tanks in the back of the photo. In fact the picture is from a Saipan beach.
@djonian
4 жыл бұрын
I was going to comment that the Google Earth position he theorized as being the location of the photo was deep within the coconut grove that existed there at the time but is gone now. Of course, I learned that watching YOUR video! lol I'll bet the Marines would've loved a nice, elongated, clear field of fire like that instead of the dense & claustrophobic nightmare they had to contend with. Either way, both of you guys do OUTSTANDING stuff and are greatly appreciated, for sure.
@jessiesenecal2076
5 жыл бұрын
New to your channel. You do a great job, keep up the good work. Your perspective makes me feel like i'm actually there!
@tenparab
4 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, Ive read a bit about the Battle of Alligator creek but this gives a great picture of it. Very informative.
@fredceely
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, and important. Google Earth is a wonderful tool for something like this. I've read multiple books about Guadalcanal, and this is obviously the best way to visualize all of the locations. Top marks.
@retiredguyadventures6211
5 жыл бұрын
I have always wondered about seeing the dead Japanese soldiers on the beach when it was called the Battle of Alligator Creek. Now I understand. Thank you...
@farmerbob3007
4 жыл бұрын
That was excellent! I never understand the old army battle maps, and when the Guadalcanal battles are described with words, I don't have any map that can make all those words clear. Using GE to describe the events on Guadalcanal is a really good idea.
@alnavarijo2100
3 жыл бұрын
It was explained in a clear & concise manner...understood like I never had before....
@ChipCooperEsq
6 жыл бұрын
My dad was on the battle line for the battle of Tenaru River (1st Marine Division). He wouldn't talk about it much. After my dad passed away, I found a Marine veteran of this battle via the Marine Corps Association, and he told me more of the details. There is also an excellent account by a Marine who fought there, Robert Leckie, in his book, Helmet for my Pillow.
@lhartatt
4 жыл бұрын
Great presentation. I have read many histories of the Guadalcanal battles, land, see, and air. From these land battle histories, it seems that the Ill and the Tenaru were two separate rivers. Because of extremely poor maps, the rivers’ name were confused and the battle came to be known as “ the battle of the Tenaru” whereas it was the Ill. So mush for a de tail.
@stubi1103
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks also for this contribution! Unfortunately there are not so many pictures of the fighting for Guadacanal. The Japanese then attempted further attacks on Henderson Field, the battle that followed was near "Bloody Rich", a hill more to the south, and here too, all the Japanese were wiped out. The bodies of the Japanese were eaten by crocodiles...... it is unbelievable....... In addition, there was malaria, which suffered a lot of US soldiers. Thank you Sir !
@graham2631
3 жыл бұрын
Ive really been enjoying your video's, thanks.
@robertryan627
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. Would like to see battle of bloody ridge. Our troop locations and Japanese attack lines. I used google earth and got some ideas but what you did with the pics was way more informative. Thanks again!
@hayatoitakura1814
5 жыл бұрын
would have neverrrrrrrr known about this battle until you showed us. tbh your videos are perfect for us more kinesthetic learners!
@Tapajara
4 жыл бұрын
You got the story backwards. Alligator Creek is actually the mouth of the Ilu River and it was mistakenly identified as the Tenaru River by the Marines. The erroneous name is still used to this day for the battle. Look at the maps. The Tenaru is a larger River about 2 mi. to the East. I've been to both rivers and my Australian guide told the story when I was there in August 2012. The Japanese contingent was called the Ichiki Regiment after their commander whose sir name means "One Tree".
@bobgriffith1810
4 жыл бұрын
The sea battles to keep the marines supplied was just as great a story. Great reading
@cpcattin
4 жыл бұрын
The river forming the eastern boundary of the Lunga perimeter was actually the Ilu River, nicknamed Alligator Creek by the Marines, a double misnomer: there are only crocodiles (no alligators) in the Solomons God bless all the fathers and grandfathers who sacrificed everything asked of them and more. My father deceased at 89 in 2014 would have benefited a great deal if he had seen this Video. (I think). I never asked my dad about Guadalcanal until he was 80 yo. He didn’t offer and I knew not to ask. I showed him Google Earth views in 2010+. He asked a few questions. (Savo Island). He imagined it was bigger. The conversations never lasted more than five minutes. My father (who never cried) would break down sobbing: “Those boys !” “All those boys.” He was in real pain 73 years later. I had so many questions. My dad through his pain explained, he had no answers. My father was a 17 yo Navy Corpsman. My father would not have noticed the misspellings.
@dedowd9335
5 жыл бұрын
Great job on this video. My Dad fought there Dec.-Jan.-Feb. with the 182nd Inf. Reg. of the Americal Division.
@peterreed2685
4 жыл бұрын
One of the most interesting places I've visited as far as US history goes.
@jimcolberg730
5 жыл бұрын
Ty Forrest you are such a pro and I learn so much from all your Vids👍🇺🇸
@ws2228
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing how much has changed in the last 75 years.
@richardalonzo5768
4 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate this history. I’ve studied this battle and now I know why it didn’t make sense. The mouth of the river has moved. Thank for the details.
@bobby19053
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent job,describing a pivotal battle!
@faulltw
6 жыл бұрын
I love your videos. You do a great job, but I have one question. If the mouth of Tenaru river moved, would that move the location of your first pic?
@forresthaggertychannel4301
6 жыл бұрын
faulltw if I understand it correctly the mouth doesn’t move that much. However, it’s possible, but the photos I have seen over the years seem to be pretty much where I placed them.
@MB-cx2ks
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, please do more WWII videos. My dad served in the Timberwolves Division in France and Holland, under “Terrible Terry Allen.” Like most WWII American veterans, he never talked about his war experiences. Several of his brothers fought in the Pacific campaign. . . . and people talk about the Brits’ stiff upper lip!
@temeculaconservatoryofmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the explanation. It really helps to imagine what happened.
@jackda100
5 жыл бұрын
My dad was with the Army Corp of Engineers who worked building up/repairing Henderson Field during WWII, I believe after this battle. In 1992 I had the privilege of taking him back to Guadalcanal mostly so I could see where he had been in his youth. We walked on the exact beach as you described here, the remains of the pier where the US unloaded supplies and Hill 27. We stayed in Honiara and there was no rental car agency there at the time, so an island couple rented us their personal vehicle so we could drive around and also acted as our tour guide. For some reason, my dad called the Tenaru River the "Lunga River." It had been 50 years and he struggled to remember a few things. He remembered he said a few US soldiers who would go swimming in the river and were attacked and killed by crocodiles. There were also a couple Japanese ships beached and rusting on the shoreline. I also remember seeing an anti-aircraft gun (likely Japanese) rusted and pointing upwards. It was about 10 feet out in the water, likely where the shoreline had eroded away since the 40's. On our last day there we took a helicopter ride over the island and this is where I saw the most surreal thing. Looking down on the the tall grasses from above out in what appears now to be a marshy area were several dozen US tanks with turrets up, FROZEN IN TIME SINCE THE EARLY 40'S as if someone had whistled and said, "Boys, the battle is over. Let's get out of here." They had just left them there for whatever reason. Forrest, if you get a chance see if you can find those tanks sitting out there somewhere. It might make another interesting video. Nice video. Thank you.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
5 жыл бұрын
Jake WOW!!! Thank you for sharing! When I retire in a couple years I want to go visit all of these places. I would love to find those tanks.
@jackda100
5 жыл бұрын
@@forresthaggertychannel4301 The sad part of this story is my uncle, my dad's brother, after several requests to go with us, literally got upset and screamed at me for my insistence that he go with us. Then I turned around and saw him with big tears streaming down his face. He was a machine gunner in what I believe was the 1st Marines and fought at Palau and Okinawa; saw and lived through every kind of evil imaginable and was one of the few to get off Okinawa alive. His war experiences turned him into an alcoholic and he walked around with shrapnel in his right hip all his life. Like so many, I could never get him to talk much about it. The memories were just too painful. I promise you those tanks are out there somewhere on Guadalcanal. If by chance you go looking and happen to find them, please let me know. Thanks for your reply and thanks again for the great video.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
5 жыл бұрын
@@jackda100 If you can remember where you took off from and what direction you went that could help locate them. However, it has been 27 years since 1992.
@jackda100
5 жыл бұрын
@@forresthaggertychannel4301 I've been looking as we speak. I've learned they were Marine tanks, not Army. They say there are some tank hulls on Lunga Point, but I remember (I think I remember anyway) flying on the helicopter away from that area across the island to the other side. I'm going to research Marine/armored battles on Guadalcanal. Let you know if I find anything.
@Stormwriter
4 жыл бұрын
My grandpa was on the USS Atlanta, which was sunk in Iron Bottom Sound during the infamous night battle of Friday the 13th, 1942. He then was taken to the island where he befriend someone from the Army Corp of Engineers, and that engineer gave him a high-quality knife that is still in our family. My dad still remembers him raving about the amazing work the engineers did on the island. He rarely talked about the war, but what little he did was about those engineers.
@albertswan9934
5 жыл бұрын
This is a great video, I landed on Henderson field April 1949 on my way to Bougainville. We had a small base camp near Luga and we had a small club called the Lung Club. I was in the Army working with Civilians remapping all of the Solomon Islands.Our Base was a LST553 At Guadalcanal and another one on that I was on was the Lst1010 at Bougainville. We traveled on LCM's. if ex Marine or Army soldier was on Guadalcanal watch the above Video and you will see how the Marine handled the Japanese at Tenaru which saved the Henderson field and added to the field..I was eighteen years old and have unbelievable memories of sailing the Slot which was what the Japanese Navy used to move troops at night to the different Islands. I smiled over the area where Kennedys PT 109 was sunk. I will post some of my pictures from those day on my Facebook site AL Swan and Trump Friends.
@johndillard8588
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. My dad fought there USMC.
@bobjohnson3323
3 жыл бұрын
Great video - thanks. Can you point out where the 11th Marines (arty) were during the Tenaru battle? Appreciate it!
@Mag_Aoidh
4 жыл бұрын
Proud to have been friends with Pvt Joel Rene, HQs Co, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He fought all around Henderson Field/Guadalcanal, namely Edson’s Ridge, Lunga Point, First and Second Matanikau. RIP my friend.
@UploaderNine
6 жыл бұрын
Another interesting thing was the Japanese were so confident they would roll any opposing forces that they charged the marines with bayonets, needless to say it was literally bringing a knife to a gun fight.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
6 жыл бұрын
UploaderNine they naively ran into a wall of m1 garands , BAR’s, machine guns and mortars. Not good planning and not very smart.
@chriscase1392
5 жыл бұрын
@@forresthaggertychannel4301 No M1 Garands I'm afraid. The Marines' battle rifle was the bolt action Springfield 1903 model, firing the same round that would later be chambered by the M1. Some of their machine guns were WWI era liquid cooled models. Seems the Marines were usually the last to be issued the newer weapons and gear. By the end of the campaign in February, 1943, Army troops had arrived with the M1, and the Marines were finally upgraded with the same.
@pizzafrenzyman
5 жыл бұрын
@@chriscase1392 Good catch. The Marines were equipped with the scraps that the Army didn't want. And those 37 mm's weren't present until Bloody Ridge. And the "tanks" referenced in the video were primitive Alligator LVT-1's.
@chriscase1392
5 жыл бұрын
@@pizzafrenzyman I just rewatched this clip. Interesting take, using Google Earth. Anyway, the way the battle went was: Col. Ichiki landed where Haggerty said they did, about 20 miles east of the airstrip. Ichiki commanded a "detachment" of about 2,000 men. They had been selected to assault Midway Island in June. His orders for Guadalcanal were to take half of the detachment, recon the Marines and report back. On his own initiative, he decided to brush the Marines aside and take the airstrip. He left 100 men in a base camp, and took the coast west toward Lunga Point. The Marines thought they were dug in on the Tenaru River, but it was actually a branch of the Ilu River called Alligator Creek. Ichiki sent his men in waves over the tidal sand bar, until he literally had none left. He survived long enough to burn the regimental flags before the Marines counterattacked the next morning. Four Stuart light tanks crossed the sand bar, crushing the dead and wounded. Three companies of Marines circled to the south to trap the Japanese troops between themselves and the tanks, but there were only five or six still alive when tanks met Marines. Ichiki's body was never identified. Four or five Japanese survived to make it back to the base camp, one wandering through the jungle for four days without food. Eventually, the other half of the Ichiki Detachment was sent to the island, about 1,000 men total. When the campaign ended in February, 1943, a few were still left, the rest having died in battle or from starvation. The Marines lost fewer than 50 men in the misnamed Battle of the Tenaru River, the Japanese about 800. On Guadalcanal, the Japanese lost over 15,000 men, 5,000 from battle wounds and 10,000 from starvation. The US lost about 1,200 total, mostly Marines, some Army, none from starvation. Source: "Hell's Island," Stanley C. Jersey, Texas A&M Press, 2008. Also, kzitem.info/news/bejne/z6t7snuJnn1-aYY From The Pacific, an outstanding reenactment of the battle.
@pizzafrenzyman
5 жыл бұрын
@@chriscase1392 very nice. I stand corrected: The only major Marine tank engagement on Guadalcanal came on 21 August, on the heels of three failed Japanese efforts to restore the situation on Guadalcanal. After the 1st Marines had effectively repulsed the attacks and then corralled the remaining Yokosuka 5th Special Naval Landing Force, Major General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, commander of the 1st Marine Division, ordered a tank attack into the rear of the Ichiki Force. A platoon of M2A4 tanks from A Company attacked across the estuary and decimated the Japanese with 37mm canister and .30 caliber machine gun fire. During the action two tanks were disabled, one after hitting a mine, but the crews were rescued in close proximity of the other tanks. For the Battle of the Tenaru, close to 800 Japanese were killed, 15 were taken prisoner, and a few managed to escape. Marine casualties were 34 dead and 75 wounded. Disgraced by the debacle, Col Ichiki committed suicide.
@michaelholmesby1886
4 жыл бұрын
Very good video. Second photo of post battle is not taken at the Ilu. Having lived on Guadalcanal for 4 year-end walked the area, this is not the Ilu. The shot was taken after a battle at the Matanikou River, where the Japanese tried a full frontal tank assault. The destroyed tanks can be seen in the back of the picture. Still a very informative video using readily available internet footage. A friend of mine does some educational videos, that you can check out and does a great job of explaining this site. Guadalcanl - Walking a Battlefield. Hope it all helps in educating those with an interest int he area.
@robinae3841
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! My Dad was there as a medical corpsman. Lots of Malaria
@paoafm4384
4 жыл бұрын
This was really informative especially about what happened on the ground during one of the battles here on Guadalcanal. Commenting from the Solomon Islands, literally after watching this.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
4 жыл бұрын
Paoa Fm were you born on the island?
@paoafm4384
4 жыл бұрын
@@forresthaggertychannel4301 Born and bred.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
4 жыл бұрын
Paoa Fm I HAVE to come visit Guadalcanal some day! It’s on my bucket list!
@paoafm4384
4 жыл бұрын
@@forresthaggertychannel4301 sure thing Forrest and we could even do an interview since this is a Radio Station's account im chatting to you with. You can email me details aye?
@tuTWENTY
4 жыл бұрын
Are you ex military Forrest? Or just a history buff I’m glad I found your Channel I love all the detail and all the history and details you give and each video it’s awesome to see the views and hear what happened in detail then to be able to see it it’s like you almost were there. Better then just reading about it on Wikipedia keep up the amazing work. Maybe if you could do one on WW1 the routes and details on some of the plans. That wars is becoming a forgotten war with the newer generations now since alll the vets are gone even WW2 don’t have too many vids anymore. Since all the vets are gone are dying off at a alarming rate. WW2 has the hitler factor so it’s different from ww1 where it’ll be always remembered but ww1 few people know why it happened what the reason was about and the details of it. It would be nice to see so,e videos from that one.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
4 жыл бұрын
Drew tutwenty my dad was WWII and I’m not exmilitary. I just love history. Thank you for your kind words! I truly appreciate them!!!
@thewaywardwind548
2 жыл бұрын
My eighth grade Texas History teacher was a former Marine who had fought on Guadalcanal. He told us some unbelieveable stories about fighting on Guadalcanal and how he got a Purple Heart. He described fighting off a Japanese infantry attack near Henderson Field where he was hit in the hip and didn't realize it until the fighting was over. When he tried to get up from his hole, he found he couldn't walk. He also had some colorful language about the US Navy for pulling their ships away from the island, leaving the Marines with little food and less ammunition. My eleventh grade American History teacher was the widow of a Marine killed at Tarawa. I grew up through the fifties and middle sixties; virtually every adult male I knew was a WWII veteran.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! My dad was a WWII veteran in the Navy and he thought it was Chicken S__t that the Navy left those Marines. He did not like that.
@MrPlankinton
2 жыл бұрын
"Victory Fever On Guadalcanal: Japan's First Land Defeat Of WWII" by William H. Bartsch. ... This is The BEST book about the battle of the Tenaru. Bartsch spent 14 years researching this battle by interviewing both Japanese soldiers and American Marines, and reviewing documents.
@BrittKatSlat
5 жыл бұрын
War is so horrible. How horrifying for those young Japanese men. Horrible for everyone. Great Google Earth video though, Sir Haggerty! You’re so well informed. Thanks!
@johnt.wolfbanger5731
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I'm sure the jarheads who won the battle were just horrified at killing so many of the enemy.
@PelicanIslandLabs
4 жыл бұрын
@2:06 Forrest, you have that backwards. The river is actually the Ilu but was mistakenly identified as the Tenaru. It's officially known as the battle of the Tenaru River even though it's actually the Ilu.
@raven4558
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe You should make a video about the easy company 506th Infantry Regiments on their journey from the Second World War, because these videos you made are great, I watched them all ... several times :)
@forresthaggertychannel4301
3 жыл бұрын
I will look into it.
@raven4558
3 жыл бұрын
@@forresthaggertychannel4301 thank you. It will be a hell of a story. Early announcement of "Band of brothers" on the Forrest Haggerty channel :)
@ldeanmason1788
4 жыл бұрын
Great format thank you..
@thomascolones1937
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the good history lesson! Excellent and enjoyed it ! TC
@johnhudak3829
4 жыл бұрын
Great job! Enjoyed it immensely!
@ryan2965
6 жыл бұрын
Love your work! New subscriber :)
@dougwilson6778
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! More WW2 battle sites plz! 😉
@davidharris6581
4 жыл бұрын
One of the things they all remember about Guadalcanal was that the island was a huge pineapple plantation owned by Dole. Nearly every piece of arable land was planted in pineapples. But the crop could not be picked because of the war and the entire crop was rotting in the fields. The smell of rotten pineapple in the tropic sun was overwhelming. Many of the Marines could not eat or drink anything with pineapple in it the rest of their lives. Later the Sea Bees were able to take bulldozers and plow much of the rotting fruit under and the smell became more tolerable.
@winstonviceroy6125
4 жыл бұрын
I have never seen any information that Dole had a pineapple plantation on Guadalcanal. Indeed all the photos, and information I have studied shows large coconut groves. Even this particular battle was in coconut groves. Would you be kind enough to relay any info you can find? Thanks.
@davidharris6581
4 жыл бұрын
@@winstonviceroy6125 In watching these videos I am starting to question that myself. My information came from Marines that were there and could not stand the smell of pineapple, and are long dead now. But, I agree with you questioning it given I have not seen anything of it in these videos.
@ciaranarmstrong2811
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, I often look at old battle sites and try to co-locate certain photographs to the ground on Google earth out of interest. Never thought to make videos though! Sunscribed.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
4 жыл бұрын
Ciaran Armstrong you should start making them. It’s very enjoyable!:)))
@ibuprofenPill
6 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I tracked down this location myself on Google Earth but I didn't identify where the photos were taken. I was more interested where John Basilone's position was where he earned the Medal of Honor. I think he was at the very end of mouth of the river on the west side, and was covering the Japanese advance on the beach.
@pizzafrenzyman
5 жыл бұрын
Basilone wasn't at the Battle of the Tenaru. I can see how it would have been difficult to pinpoint his position.
@jamesfisher1952
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation of Guadalcanal.
@edmondmcdowell9690
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this post.
@operationssitag7295
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, good commentary; suggest the Marine landing, however, was on Red Beach, approx 3 miles east of Henderson.
@claud1961
4 жыл бұрын
My father served with the 25th Naval Construction Battalion and one thing you will not hear often is that the SeeBee's went in hard on the heels of the Marines in order to repair or create runways. My father also trained with Joe Grinder's Raiders on Samoa. This put D Company in with the landings and during the Japanese attack he was under a truck near the runway, having been placed there by a no-doubt grumpy Marine NCO to guard the equipment in case the enemy was able to either penetrate the defenses or sneak in. He dozed off in the wee hours and woke to hear a voice, Japanese! He grabbed a grenade and pulled the pin, and then realized he had heard American voices. He began to grope around for the pin, but couldn't find it! He said he held on tight to that grenade, hands cramping until he found the pin when dawn shed enough light. He said he was more afraid of the Marine NCO than the Japanese or the possibility of losing his grip on a live grenade. Like most young men, I didn't bother to write down his many stories, trusting to the fact that he would live forever and I could have that wealth of material at any time. Sadly, that was not to be, but this story places him there and also at Bougainville, where he and another CB attempted to take an early morning swim and found themselves in the middle of a firefight. He and his buddy hit the deck, and he felt a hand grab his leg and pull him back. He thought it was a prison camp for sure, but a Marine NCO- if it was the same one from Guadalcanal I am sure he would have said so- gave him the most colorful dressing down he had received in his life! I do wish there were more recorded histories of our veterans. When they are all gone, a moment in history that changed the shape of the world will be gone as well. God Bless and keep it coming! I found your channel late but I am looking forward to viewing all your material.
@forresthaggertychannel4301
4 жыл бұрын
Claud Wolf excellent story! Thank you for sharing!
@BarryAdams777
6 жыл бұрын
Great presentation!!! Thank you!!!
@forresthaggertychannel4301
6 жыл бұрын
Barry Adams thank you and I’m happy you enjoyed it!
@dedowd9335
5 жыл бұрын
My Dad's Reg. (182nd) worked with the Marines to mop up the remaining Japanese Soldiers. He told me that whenever they went out on patrols everyone took the Thompson Submachine Gun (.45 Cal) for the stopping power and ease of handling it in the dence jungle.
@MarcosElMalo2
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen animated maps of this battle, but this was far more interesting, especially the photo to map comparisons.
@stevenbauer7744
5 жыл бұрын
You have your river names backwards. The battle was called the "Battle of the Tenaru" because the Marines maps mistakenly labeled the Ilu river as the Tenaru. The actual Tenaru river is 2.5-3 miles east of the Ilu river, also called Alligator Creek.
@michaelmesich7752
4 жыл бұрын
Please do more like this !!
@aram2347
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for this video!
@bluehornet6752
4 жыл бұрын
According to Google Maps, that's *not* the Tenaru River. That's actually Alligator Creek, and the Tenaru River drains into the ocean about a mile or so further east. The battle took place where you note in the video--but it was the "Battle of the Tenaru," and not the battle of the Tenaru River. Instead, it was (as you noted) called the Ilu River, or "Alligator Creek."
@Whitpusmc
3 жыл бұрын
Why did the Japanese land on that side? Wasn’t that farther way from Rabaul and had the barrier of the Lunga River?
@michaelgarcia872
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing a great part in U. S. Marines gallantry at Guadacanal. Could you please share any information on the U. S. Army's takeover of the mission. My Uncle was part of the Paratrooper units that partook in completing the mission to oust the Japanese Imperial forces from there? ❤️🇺🇸🙏🏼✝😔
@kevinarthursimmons
4 жыл бұрын
That would be a good haunted spot to go investigate
@billschroeder1358
5 жыл бұрын
Al Schmidt got the DSC, in that Battle. His 30 cal. Position was at the center of the line. With 200 Japanese bodies in front of his position
@JoeNicks389
5 жыл бұрын
Would like to also see the battle for Mt. Austin on the 'canal. My dad fought there in Dec. of '42, but never talked about it. Thanks, JN
@chriscase1392
5 жыл бұрын
Find a copy of "Hell's Islands" by Stanley Coleman Jersey, Texas A&M Press, 2008. Detailed down to the squad/platoon level, for both sides, for the entire campaign on Guadalcanal. Mount Austen is thoroughly covered. Also the first work I've seen that covers the Tulagi-Gavutu-Tanambogo battles just across Savo Sound from Guadalcanal. These sites were assaulted and occupied at the same time as the main landings on Guadalcanal. I can point you to other good books regarding the Solomon Island campaigns, or other Pacific campaigns, if you're interested.
@JoeNicks389
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I just order a copy. JN
@gerardauckram5947
3 жыл бұрын
Several years ago I tried to walk down to the river month but it was closed off with lots of warning signs. Maybe something to do with airfield. There is a large allied munition dump up the river that is still there.
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