Word: shortland
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...lost 17 more planes in one attack on Henderson Field. At week's end the Jap landed artillery and brought it close enough to shell U.S. positions, now under attack from land, sea and air. The Jap was willing, and apparently able, to pay the price. Near Shortland Island, 300 miles north of Guadalcanal, he held ready a heavy concentration of ships...