The USMC troops are spread thin in this one. I placed the U.S. artillery set up on the northern hill on Board 83 with range to anywhere on the board. Mortars on the next hilltop to the south where they can use their limited illumination ammo to help, the rest spread out in heavy jungle or town heard where the have at least one open hex visible to their east. Thinking as the attacker then, I put the Service and reduced platoons on the southern flank with 2 leaders, the main force just south of the middle of the board and the SNLF troops behind them to take advantage of gaps that the Japanese Army troops uncover. Illumination helped early on, with 8 steps and a lieutenant lost by turn 3, but once the illumination ammo was used up, the Japanese succeeded in infiltrating the needed 8 steps plus by the end of them 7 while the Japanese Army troops pinned down the senior U.S. leadership and troops in the town to the south with a fruitless assault. Opportunity fire and artillery fire caused a few more disruptions, but the majority of the SNLF force was still heading for an opening on the West edge of the board unhindered. Interesting scenario.