The American Commander decided that the beach was too large an area to defend with the forces available therefore decided only to try to defend the guns ashore. The best place to do this was in the middle of the board. Then it was a matter of telling the Japs to "come and get me". The Japanese took 2-3 turns to get into attack position and attacked along the front (2 positions) with four of their "stacks". The attacks didn't go too well which left the Americans in a superior position to use their support Arty (and thanks to minimal damage from Friendly Fire, for a change) the Japanese were soon reduced to low results attack levels. The Americans prevailed. (Of note: Were the Japanese really THAT lousy at attacking USMC positions, or was the American defenses THAT good?)