The Battle of Savo

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An American Naval Tragedy !

So shocking was the defeat of American naval forces by the Japanese in Savo Sound, that the American public could not accept the true story until ten years afterward.

On Guadalcanal, Marines were moving up the rugged Tenaru River country, ranging for battle and depending on the Navy for cover…

On board the flagship McCrawley, Admiral Turner was begging for carrier-based air support that never came…

On the bridge of his heavy cruiser Chokai, Admiral Gunichi Mikawa signalled the tropedo fire that opened The Battle of Savo.. .