The Effects of the Strike Bombers on Cactus

If they'd have poured the coal on with the battleships for a couple more nights, I don't think Henderson survives. So while the F4Fs were the primary defenders of Cactus, they were not the primary offensive capability of Cactus. The SPDs served as scouts and traditional dive bombers, the SPDs at Cactus. Richard Mangrum's VMSB 232 in their first 29 days ashore flew 28 missions.