Cactus Air Force

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:basedIn gptkb:Henderson_Field
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1943
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Air_Service
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cactus Air Force
gptkbp:location Guadalcanal
gptkbp:nameOrigin Cactus was the Allied code name for Guadalcanal
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Cactus_Air_Force
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
gptkb:Douglas_SBD_Dauntless
gptkb:Grumman_F4F_Wildcat
gptkb:Grumman_TBF_Avenger
gptkb:Bell_P-400_Airacobra
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Henderson_Field
gptkb:Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Brigadier_General_Louis_E._Woods
gptkb:Colonel_William_J._Wallace
gptkb:Major_General_Roy_Geiger
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Joe_Foss
gptkb:John_L._Smith
gptkb:James_E._Swett
gptkb:Robert_E._Galer
gptkb:Joe_Bauer
gptkb:Harold_W._Bauer
gptkb:James_L._Neefus
gptkb:James_L._Southerland
gptkb:James_Swett
gptkb:Jeffrey_L._DeBlanc
gptkb:John_F._Bolt
gptkb:Kenneth_A._Walsh
gptkb:Marion_E._Carl
gptkb:William_E._Hall
gptkb:William_J._Wallace
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:primaryMission support of ground forces
air defense of Guadalcanal
interdiction of Japanese shipping
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guadalcanal_campaign
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5