6h 3min, aug 7, 1942 y - Battle of Guadalcanal
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This battle was when the U.S. was island hopping to get closer to the Japanese. They eventually met them on an island and fought them.
This happened because the U.S. was island hopping and got ambushed by the Japanese. They had won this battle and continued on.
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