Japanese soldiers of the 2nd Kure Special Naval Landing Force searching for dutch troops during the Battle of Tarakan island, January 1942.
 

Battle of Tarakan Island

a japanese soldier lies dead with his type 96 light machine gun, Iwo Jima 1945

Fallen Soldier

Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi and his staff of the 35th Infantry Brigade along the shore of Guadalcanal Island shortly after landing, September 1942.

During the Battle of Edson's Ridge Kawaguchi's forces were defeated with heavy losses and forced to retreat from the battlefield. Kawaguchi was subsequently relieved of command during the Japanese preparations for another attack in October 1942 and evacuated from the island and back to Japan