The ridge around which Edson deployed his men consisted of three distinct hillocks. At the southern tip and surrounded on three sides by thick jungle was Hill 80 (so named because it rose 80 ft (24 m) above sea level). Six hundred yards north was Hill 123 (123 ft (37 m) high), the dominant feature on the ridge.

2020年10月22日 · In the face of the Japanese onslaught, Edson ordered the two companies to fall back towards his command post on Hill 123 in the center of the ridge. A third Japanese assault slammed into the Marines of C Company, 1 st Parachute Battalion, which sent them reeling.

2021年10月11日 · On Nov. 5, 1950, Red Cloud's Company E was in position on Hill 123 near Chonghyon, North Korea. The 25-year-old corporal was manning a listening post at the hill's ridge, right in front of the...

Hill 123, the largest of the hills on the ridge, was situated in the center. From this vantage point, Henderson Field was in full view. Approximately 600 yards to the south was Hill 80, surrounded on the east, south, and west by a solid wall of jungle. To the …

Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous action in battle between U.S. troops and Chinese Communists near Chonghyon, Korea, Nov. 5, 1950. Red Cloud's Company was entrenched beside Hill 123. Early in the morning a large enemy force bore down upon them.

Hill 123 was the epicenter of the Battle of Edson's Ridge (12-14 September 1942), which was won by the Americans. The second picture show the Lunga River, the scene of many Marine Corps patrols and encounters with the Japanese.

2008年10月17日 · Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous action in battle between U.S. troops and Chinese Communists near Chonghyon, Korea, Nov. 5, 1950. Red Cloud’s Company was entrenched beside Hill 123. Early in the morning a large enemy force bore down upon them.

2019年10月23日 · Hill 123 (Hill 2) located at the northern end of the ridge line with 123' elevation and is the dominant feature of Bloody Ridge (Edson's Ridge, Raider Ridge) on Guadalcanal. To the south is Hill 80 (Hill 1) .

2024年4月17日 · Dead Japanese soldiers lie near Hill 123 on the ridge after the battle on September 15. U.S. Marine Col MERRITT A. EDSON, whose defense of the Ridge on Guadalcanal on Sept 13, 1942, saved Henderson Field, was subsequently awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for his heroism and skill.

2018年1月14日 · As the day broke the next morning, Edson’s Raiders were still in command of Hill 123 and the Japanese assault was repulsed. The world would often refer to this particular ridge as “Bloody Ridge,” but the Marines who fought there would only refer to it as Edson’s Ridge seeing as how much their commander was determined to own it.