 Subsequent " Express " runs were more successful . Between 29 August and 4 September , various Japanese light cruisers , destroyers , and patrol boats were able to land almost 5 @,@ 000 troops at <unk> Point , including all of the 35th Infantry Brigade , one battalion of the <unk> Regiment , and the rest of <unk> 's regiment . General <unk> , who landed at <unk> Point on the 31 August Express run , was placed in command of all the Japanese troops on <unk> . On the night of 4 / 5 September , as three of the Express destroyers — <unk> , <unk> , and <unk> — prepared to shell Henderson Field after landing their troops , they detected and sank two U.S. ships in the vicinity , the small , old destroyer transports ( called " <unk> " by the U.S. Marines ) USS Little and Gregory that were used to <unk> Allied troops around the <unk> / <unk> area . 
