 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubhururuka kweAmerica paGuadalcanal kwakamutsa hasha dzechiJapan, idzo dzakatumira ngarava dzadzo kuzosimbisa varwi vechiJapan paGuadalcanal. Vatakuri vengarava vaFletcher vaiva nebasa rokudzivirira nzira dzomugungwa dzinoenda kuSolomon Islands. Mauto maviri anotakura ngarava akasangana muHondo yeEastern Solomons. Kinkaid akaronga boka rake rinotakura basa muchimiro chakatenderera, ne Enterprise iri pakati, cruisers pa10 uye 2 oclock uye hondo yehondo kumashure pa6 oclock. Ikoku kwakabvumikisa kuva chikanganiso. Nokumhanyisa kukuru kwe, ngarava yehondo yakawira shure kwekutakura apo iyo yekupedzisira yakakurumidza kusvika ichirwiswa, ichizvidzivirira pachayo kudzivirirwa kwezvombo zvehondo yehondo. Enterprise yakarwiswa zvakananga nendege dzeJapan, ichibhomba katatu uko kwakauraya 74 vavashandi vayo. Nhamburiko dzinoshamisa dzakabvumira mutakuri wendege kupfuurira kushandisa ndege, asi akamanikidzirwa kudzokera kuPearl Harbor nokuda kwokugadziriswa. Mumushumo wake pashure pehondo, Kinkaid akakurudzira kuti nhamba yevarwi inotakurwa nomutakuri mumwe nomumwe iwedzere. Nokuda kwechikamu chake muhondo, akapiwa menduru yake yechipiri yeBasa Rakanaka. 