Conflict of Heroes: Guadalcanal - Pacific 1943Dec 7, 1941 War explodes across the Pacific when the Japanese attack the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. By May 1942, Japan has spread across the Pacific and is threatening Americas supply lines to Australia after building an airfield on the island of Guadalcanal. The United States counters with an ill prepared occupation of Guadalcanals airfield with the 1st Marine Division. The Japanese retaliate with vengeance, cutting off the Marines by sea and