Pacific Counterblow - Air Force Historical Studies Office

CONTENTS
The South Pacific, Summer I942 ............................ I
The iith Group and the Landing in the Solomons .......... 3
T he Jagdstaffel ............................................ 17
T he O ctober Crisis ........................................ 29
The Securing of Guadalcanal .............................. 44
ILLUSTRATIONS
Lt Gen. Millard F. Harmon .......................... Frontispiece
The Solomons and Related Area............... : ............ 7
H eading A ir H om e ........................................ 14
H enderson Field Area ..................................... 23
Brig. Gen. LaVerne G. Saunders ............................ 33
T h e "Slot" ......... ........... .......................... 39
V eteran .................................................. 46
D irect H it ................................................ 51
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