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Colonel Clifton Cates (right) commander of the 1st Marine Regiment and Colonel Mike Edson (center, third from right), commander of the 5th Marine Regiment, inspect the battlefield at the mouth of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal after the Battle for Henderson Field in late October, 1942.

Source: Hammel, Eric, Guadalcanal, 2007, p. 121. Book states that image is, "Official USMC photo."

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