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...paratroops boxed them in by landing in their rear. From Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel Island, east of Vella Lavella, the Japs evacuated a long-held seaplane base-the third position they had abandoned in less than a month.* Though the heart of Japan's defense was still untouched and intact, the fatty outer layer was shrinking...
...Buin, on Bougainville, U.S. flyers spotted new concentrations of Jap planes. Seaplane tenders were reported to have helped strengthen the Jap floatplane base at Rekata Bay. Flyers reported encountering two new fighter types, both faster than the Zero. Of the six-week lull in Jap air operations over Guadalcanal, Major General Millard F. Harmon, commander of U.S. Army flyers in the area, said: "It certainly is not going to last. They can reasonably be expected to resume bombing operations with planes improved in armor and armament...
...eleven of Kirn's SBDs took off in unusually bad weather for a dawn attack on the Jap seaplane base at Rekata Bay. Weymouth and Mildahn, with four other pilots, reached their target and gave the Japs a nasty surprise. From Henderson Field at dawn, four more SBDs took off on search flights, Weary leading one section, Purdum the other. They sighted five destroyers just out of range for dive-bombing attack. Other pilots took off for antisub patrol off Tulagi, to smoke out Jap land positions on northwest Guadal, to search for some lost pilots...
...next offensive step would logically be an assault in force on Buin, at the southern extremity of Bougainville Island. That is the point from which Jap task forces have hopped for Guadalcanal. On the way Rekata Bay, a Jap naval air base, would have to be eliminated on the flank. After that, Rabaul-the heart of the Japanese system in the lower Pacific...
...week's fighting, as summarized by Navy communiqués, was practically continuous. First off some Marine planes damaged two cruisers while others bombed anti-aircraft installations and strafed seaplanes at the enemy's Rekata Bay, 115 miles north of Guadalcanal. The Jap came back at Henderson Field with 35 bombers and 30 fighters. Twelve were shot down at a cost of only two U.S. fighters. The Marines managed to enlarge their three-by-six-mile territory on 25-by-80-mile Guadalcanal. At night the Jap landed more reinforcements on either side of the Marines' toehold...