Navy Department Communique No. 208

DECEMBER 2, 1942

South Pacific (all dates are east longitude).

1. On December 1st, Army and Marine Corps troops on Guadalcanal Island engaged in extensive patrols along the outskirts of our positions.
   • (a) An Army patrol killed 11 Japanese and captured a 70-mm. gun.
   • (b) A Marine Corps patrol killed 25 Japanese and captured one 75-mm. and one 30-mm. gun along the upper Lunga River.
   • (c) Another Marine patrol killed 15 Japanese and captured 6 machine guns.
   • (d) Army planes carried out four attacks on enemy positions.