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English: View of "The Pagoda" that served as flight operations headquarters for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy fliers at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, from August to October 1942. During July 1942, this building was built by the Japanese on a small rise to the north of the runway. The flagpole visible was used to indicate incoming air raids. In early October, its radio equipment was moved into the newly dug radio tunnel. After the Japanese battleship bombardment on 13-14 October 1942, General Geiger concluded that the roof was reflecting the flares and it was being used as a registration point, so ordered it to be bulldozed over the side of the hill.
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Source Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph USMC 50921 from the USMC University history division [1].
Author U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GR-89-50921
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