Operation Ke
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World War II Pacific theater in August, 1942.
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Pacific Ocean divided up into WWII Allied commands.
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Japanese Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa. As commander of the 8th Fleet he exercised overall control of naval forces involved in Operation Ke.
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Japanese Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka, one of the main commanders of the Tokyo Express during the Guadalcanal campaign, but was reassigned about one month before Ke was executed.
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Route used by most Tokyo Express missions during the campaign.
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Four Japanese destroyers head up "The Slot" at high speed towards the Shortland Islands sometime during the campaign.
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Japanese General Hitoshi Imamura commanded the 8th Area Army based at Rabaul.
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Japanese Vice Admiral Jinichi Kusaka exercised overall command of Japanese naval forces in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea theater of operations
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Japanese Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, commander of the 17th Army on Guadalcanal
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Japanese Colonel Takushiro Hattori who recommended abandoning Guadalcanal after his visit there in November 1942.
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Japanese Colonel Masanobu Tsuji who recommended abandoning Guadalcanal after his visit there in November 1942.
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Ryuzo Sejima who, as a member of the Imperial General Headquarters, participated in the decision to abandon Guadalcanal.
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Joichiro Sanada who, as a member of the Imperial General Headquarters, participated in the decision to abandon Guadalcanal.
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Japanese Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama who, along with Admiral Osami Nagano informed Emperor Hirohito of the decision to withdraw from Guadalcanal.
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Japanese Admiral Osami Nagano who, along with Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama informed Emperor Hirohito of the decision to withdraw from Guadalcanal.
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Japanese Emperor Hirohito endorsed the decision to abandaon Guadalcanal on December 31, 1942.
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US Task Force 18 en route to Guadalcanal on 29 January 1943, prior to the Japanese night air attack off Rennell Island.
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USS Chicago low in the water on January 30, 1943 during the battle of Rennell Island that occurred during Operation Ke.
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Louisville (right) tows the damaged Chicago on the morning of January 30, 1943 before the fleet tug Navajo took over the tow.
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The crew of U.S. PT boat PT 65 inspects the wreckage of Japanese submarine I-1 at Kamimbo on Guadalcanal, February, 1943.
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Battle area on Guadalcanal, December, 1942 through January, 1943.
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Battle area on Guadalcanal, December, 1942 through January, 1943.
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Last phase of Battle of Guadalcanal, Jan-Feb, 1943.
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Final actions in Battle of Guadalcanal, Jan 26-Feb 9, 1943.
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Litter bearers give first aid to two men wounded by grenades while on patrol 10 January 1945.
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A dead Japanese soldier on Guadalcanal, photographed January 25, 1943.
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Cemetery on Guadalcanal for both Allied and Japanese remains. Photographed in 1945.