Carriers in U.S. Service

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Just started a book called COMBAT OFFICER, by Charles H. Walker. he was a platoon leader in the U.S. Army in the PTO, one of the first landing in Guadalcanal in October 1942 to relieve/reinforce the Marines. I'm only 30 pages in so far, but he's made definitive references four or five times now to 'Bren Gun Carriers' in their service on the island. Carriers on the U.S. Army PTO TO&A???!!!

This is news to me! Can any of our Yanks clarify this? Where did they get them, how many were involved, and were they Brit, Aussie or Canadian carriers? This is truly a conundrum which needs to be solved...

BTW, the book just came out... it's on the shelves right now.