Marine Raiders Monument

The Japanese ground army launched a serie of large scale assaults on the Lunga ridge between 11 and 14 September 1942, to retake Henderson Field. The ridge was defended by men of the 1st Raider and 1st Parachute Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Merritt A. Edson. The U.S. Marines stood their ground and inflicted heavy casualties to the Japanese.

In total, 850 Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle. The U.S. Marines lost 104 men.

The memorial
The Marine Raiders memorial stands on Hill 2 and is dedicated to the 1st Raiders, 1st Parachute Battalion and the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines. It was erected in 2017.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Matthew Stevenson
• Pacific Wrecks