The Irony of the First Marine Aircraft Landing on Henderson Field

The first group of aircraft to land on Henderson were indeed marine aircraft. They'd been launched from the Littlebitty escort carrier USS Long Island. General Vandergriff almost kissed the first Marine pilot to perform out of his aircraft landing on Henderson field as it was called after the Marine Aviator losses life at Midway. And he said, thank God you guys have come. You know, tears streaming down the size is the report that we got, isn't it? It's 100% true.