sentences:  His destroyer helped cover transports landing reinforcements on bitterly contested Guadalcanal 18 September 1942.During the Solomon Islands Campaign, Hubbard commanded "Meredith" in maintaining the lifeline of supplies to fighting men holding their ground on Guadalcanal.On 15 October 1942, he fought his ship against Japanese carrier-based scouting planes, then fought off 18 Japanese dive bombers and 12 torpedo planes launched by Japanese aircraft carrier "Zuikaku".