Editing Tokyo Express (section)

==Name==
The original name of the resupply missions was "The Cactus Express", coined by [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces on [[Guadalcanal]], who used the [[code name]] "Cactus" for the island.  After the U.S. press began referring to it as the "Tokyo Express", apparently in order to preserve operational security for the code word, Allied forces also began to use the phrase. The Japanese themselves called the night resupply missions {{nihongo|"Rat Transportation"|鼠輸送|nezumi yusō}}, because they took place at night.

[[File:Guadalcanal Japanese reinforcements.jpg|thumb|left|Japanese reinforcements arriving on Guadalcanal, circa early September 1942; note Savo Island in background.]]