Keywords: GuadNakagumaMatanikauDeadJapanese.jpg Dead Japanese Army soldiers lie near the mouth of the Matanikau after a failed attack on U S Marine positions on Guadalcanal on October 23-24 1942 Scanned from Hammel Eric Guadalcanal The U S Marines in World War II Zenith Press St Paul MN 2007 However other sources identify this photo as being from Saipan on 8 July 1944 after the failure of the large Japanese banzai charge Book states that photo is official USMC image PD-USGov Military people of Japan Soldiers killed in action in World War II Matanikau River |