The smoke hadnt cleared from the devastating losses of the island when admiral gormley allowed his flattops to leave guadalcanal. He create as precedent that the marines have never forgotten and that precedent is they should always bring their own airplanes with them because they cant rely on the navy. Were we abandoned . Yes, i have to say we all felt that way. Well, i think they were right. They were, in essence, abandoned during the time that the Tokyo Express came down without any effective opposition. Admiral gormley was someone who was very prudent and very reluctant to gamble. From fishtown, pennsylvania, Charles Calhoun was a 29yearold lieutenant aboard the destroyer. He saw the convoys in action. Tokyo express. Thats the name that was given by our navy to the force which came down from the island chain to bombard guadalcanal on almost a nightly basis. While the marines held onto henderson field, jacob boozer spied on the enemy. They were supposed to be provide bag controls and