Keywords: GuadMatanikauOctStalemate.gif The 1st Raider Battalion and the 2d Battalion 5th Marines found themselves immobilized by the Japanese along the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal in October 1942 http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal/USMC-M-Guadalcanal-7 html PD-USGov Maps of the Guadalcanal Campaign |