Soon it was decided that the 1st Division would leave the island. Gen. Vandergriff wanted to end his stay in Guadalcanal, a strong accent for (eventually) gaining a Japanese base in Kokumbona and Cape Koli.
The Japanese have taken the last, as strong, unsuccessful attempts to stop the Americans.
Soon the Guadalcanal and the surrounding waters would become the audience of monstrous confusion and fights - on the counter, in the water and in the air.

