Guadalcanal is the fourth mission in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. After the Makin Atoll raid, Minoso is promoted to Gunnery Sergeant and now commands Conlin, Willy and Sullivan. The squad is reassigned to the 1st Marine Raider Battalion under Colonel Edson and deployed to Guadalcanal. They are first deployed to defend Henderson Field and the surrounding area against a Japanese attack

John Lucian Smith was once the leading American fighter ace of World War II, downing 19 enemy planes during the first horrific weeks of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Two months later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented him with the Medal of Honor at the White House.

Farmer. Private Dale Merlin Hansen (December 13, 1922 – May 11, 1945) was a United States Marine who earned the United States' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his outstanding heroism on May 7, 1945, in the fight for Hill 60 on Okinawa. He was killed by enemy sniper fire three days later.

During World War II, Alexander A. Vandegrift (1887-1973) commanded the 1st Marine Division in the Battle of Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands, 1942-1943), the Allies' first large-scale offensive, and first victory, in the Pacific Theater. His previous service in Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and China prepared him well for the challenges of jungle warfare.

^{In 1943, he was a company commander, 1st Marine Regiment, in Australia. After the New Britain Campaign, he was at the head of a 14-man team which killed 20 and captured seven during a 12-mile jungle march. In September 1944, he fought in the Peleliu campaign, and for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.}

John Smith (flying ace) John Lucian Smith (December 26, 1914 – June 9, 1972) was an American Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Corps flying ace who, as commanding officer of VMF-223, shot down 19 Japanese planes in World War II and led his squadron to destroy a total of 83 enemy aircraft during the Solomon Islands campaign .

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