Guadalcanal campaign Published August 16, 2017 at 460 × 292 in Guadalcanal campaign ← Previous Next → Here are some of the officers directing U.S. fighting against the Japanese on tiny Tulagi Island in the Solomons. Colonel Merritt A. Edson, of Rutland, is front row, second from left. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TulagiMarineOfficers.jpg