Lunga Point is a promontory

Promontory

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 on the northern coast of Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...

, the site of a naval battle during World War II

World War II

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. It was also the name of a nearby airfield, later named Henderson Field

Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)

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.

(USS Lunga Point

USS Lunga Point (CVE-94)

USS Lunga Point , originally Alazon Bay, was a Casablanca class escort carrier. It was named for Lunga Point on the northern coast of Guadalcanal, the site of a naval battle during World War II. It was laid down by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington on 19 January 1944; launched on 11...

 (CVE-94) is also the name of a US Navy

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 escort carrier

Escort aircraft carrier

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 that operated in World War II.)

Twenty thousand US Marines

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 landed at Lunga Point on August 7, 1942 in order to capture the airfield being constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

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 before it could become operational, beginning the Guadalcanal Campaign

Guadalcanal campaign

The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by Allied forces, was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II...

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