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there simply were no more marines available. >> he kept his promise to general vandergrift. the marines were reinforced from the 164th infantry and at sea, the navy was slowly turning the tide. >> halsey's leadership precipitates a bunch of naval engagements. >> halsey decides to go out and get them. he issues an order to strike, repeat, strike. >> during the battle the one remaining carrier, the "uss hornet" was torpedoed. theyished in the depths of iron bottom sound. >> the next engagement happens in november. >> one more big effort to run a convoy to guadalcanal with major reinforcements. >> the coast watches are the ones that told us that these japan planes were coming in the guadalcanal. there weren 50 of them. >> senior frank holmgren. including five brothers from idaho. >> george, francis, madison, joe sevgs and albert sullivan left the family farm to join the navy a day after pearl harbor. kelly sullivan lock rehn is the granddaughter of the youngest, albert. >> it was to avenge their friend's death, bill ball. he was on the arizona. when pearl harbor was bombed that