Keywords: MatanikauTank.jpg Wreckage of the Japanese 1st Independent Tank Company on the sandbar at the mouth of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal after the failed October 1942 offensive to take Henderson Field The tank to the left is a Type 95 light as is the one second from right; the other three are Type 97 mediums Frank Richard B Guadalcanal the Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle 1990 Penguin Group ISBN 01401 65614 between pages 306 and 307 states that the source of the photo is the U S National Archives PD-USGov World War II tanks of Japan Matanikau River |