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Oct 12, 2026
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The Cactus Air Force, the Battleship Bombardment of Henderson Field on October Thirteen Nineteen Forty-Two, and the Nine Pilots Who Flew at Dawn
Oct 12 · 1 Mention
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Tail DraggerHOST
4:59
The first rounds from the Japanese battleships Kongo and Haruna fell on Henderson Field at two thirty in the morning, and they kept falling for ninety minutes.
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Tail DraggerHOST
5:07
Kongo and Haruna were part of Rear Admiral Takeo Kurita's force, running down the Slot under cover of darkness.
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Tail DraggerHOST
5:14
Between them, they fired nine hundred and eighteen rounds of fourteen-inch caliber onto Henderson Field and the surrounding area.
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Tail DraggerHOST
5:20
Let that number sit for a moment.
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