American missions against Enogai and Enogai Inlet
July 5, 1943–August 4, 1943

July 5, 1943
(USN) At 5:00pm American aircraft bomb and strafe Enogai.

July 6, 1943
(USN) At 8:00am COMAIRSOLS planes strike Enogai. Eighteen SBDs from VMSB-132 led by Captain J. H. McEniry plus eighteen TBF Avengers strike Enogai Inlet. One SBD aborts due to engine trouble and one did not bomb. Due to bad weather the formation split up and over the target with the TBFs bombing first. Next, the SBDs conducted glide bombing runs from 5,000' then made strafing runs and all returned safely.

July 7, 1943
(USN) 17 SBD's and 18 TBFs armed with 1,000 pound or 2,000 pound bombs strike known enemy installations at Enogai and Enogai Inlet dropping 43 tons of bombs.

July 8, 1943
(USMC) 1st Raider Battalion at Triri advance northward towards Enogai in vain and returns.

July 9, 1943
(USMC) 1st Raider Battalion advances from Triri using another route toward Enogai, but is halted by enemy fire near Enogai Point.
SBDs from VMSB-132 escorted by F4U Corsairs on a strike against Enogai Inlet led by Captain Janson with the first section of the first division and third division. After bombing and strafing all returned safely.

July 10, 1943
(USMC) 1st Marine Raiders assault Enogai and by the end of the day clear most of the area and captures the four 140mm Naval guns.

July 11, 1943
(USMC) Marines capture Enogai at a cost of 51 American dead and roughly 350 Japanese dead.
(USN) Three PBY Catalinas from VP-24 piloted by Lt. R. F. Wadsworth, Lt (jg) R. B. Blodgett and Lt (jg) A.M.Caldwell took off from Halavo Seaplane Base at 3:05pm evacuate wounded of the First Marine Raiders in the Rice Anchorage-Enogai Inlet areas and survivors from the sinking of USS Strong DD-467. They first landed in Rice Anchorage at 4:45pm and took off again at 5:15pm then landed in Enogai Inlet at 5:25pm where more wounded were loaded. While transfer was taking place at about 6:20pm, attacked by 2 or possibly 3 F1M2 Petes that strafed and dropped bombs but missed. About 6:45pm the Petes withdrew and the PBYs airborne by 6:55pm and returned to Halavo Seaplane Base landing by 9:05pm. During this mission, a total of 71 wounded were evacuated.

August 4, 1943
(USN) Eight F4F Wildcats from VF-27 took off on a mission to escort a PBY Catalina over Enogai but are intercepted by fighters.

Japanese missions against Enogai and Enogai Inlet
July 19, 1943–July 20, 1943

July 19, 1943
(IJN) At 8:00pm, Japanese planes bombed and strafed Enogai without causing any casualties but interrupted sleep.

July 20, 1943
(IJN) At 5:00pm, Japanese planes bombed and strafed Enogai without causing any casualties but interrupted sleep.

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