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Location Hill 80 is located at the southern end of the Bloody Ridge (Edson's Ridge) on Guadalcanal. This feature is surrounded by jungle on three sides and was nearest to the perimeter line from where the Japanese Army attacked. To the north is Hill 123 (Hill 2). When the U.S. Army relieved the Marines, Hill 80 was redesignated Hill 1, to simplify the numbering of hills on the island. Kawaguchi Brigade Memorial Japanese memorial to Kawaguchi Brigade dedicated in 1993 atop Hill 80. Due to vandalism, during the early 2000s it was moved to WWII Memorial Park (Nana Police Barracks). Japanese Memorial Tower Japanese memorial erected in 1985 by the Japanese Army 2nd Division Isamu Society. The plaque reads in Japanese and English: "Memorial Tower: The Guadalcanal War Dead Person in A.D. 1942". Barbed Wire Line & Pigtails One of the few traces of the battle left to this day is a line of American barbed wire on 'pigtails' at the southern spur of the ridge, also the western side along the trail going down to the flats towards the river. One of the pigtails was salvaged around 2000, and was later donated to the U.S. Marine Corps Museum (National Museum of Marine Corps & Heritage Center). Gy/Sgt John Basilone Position Locate to the east of the Hill 80 in the jungle on the ridge line defended by C Company, 7th Marines. In this area, Sgt John Basilone manned an .30 caliber machine gun position. On October 25, 1942 at 1:15am, furtherest to the west, the Japanese Army 3rd Battalion, 9th Company (Nasu) charged straight into the Company C line. Within five minutes, Marine .30 caliber machine gun positions on a ridge line east of Hill 80 led by Gy/Sgt John Basilone opened fire killing nearly all the attackers. For this action, Basilone later earned the Medal of Honor. New Zealand Army Quonset Hut During 1944 New Zealand Army troops were camped on this ridge. Their camp included quonset huts and tents. Today, one of the Quonset huts remains east of Hill 80. G4M1 Model 11 Betty Manufacture Number 1350 Crashed southeast of the ridge during 1943 References Thanks to John Innes and Peter Flahavin for additional information Contribute
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