Troops of 3 (NZ) Division on Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands, during World War II. The group of soldiers is sitting in the jungle, and a number of them are smoking. Photographed circa 1943 by an ...

Interested new Zealand troops inspect a captured Japanese machine gun, Vella Lavella Island, World War 1939-1945. Photographed by an unknown photorapher Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). This item ...

After training, VMF-214 moved from Espiritu Santo to Munda Airfield on New Georgia Island, then to Barakoma Airstrip on Vella LaVella Island. From these fields VMF-214 would fly most of its missions ...

In October Hayes sailed for Vella Lavella, arriving on the 14th. Here, he took part in the campaign and occupation of that island until 3 December when he moved north to Bougainville, arriving on the ...

After 52 days of stubborn resistance they gave up Bairoko, their last holding on the island of New Georgia ... around Kolombangara to land at Vella Lavella (TIME, Aug. 30). Unless they could ...

Hotels Near Barakoma9.7 miles- Barakoma, Solomon Islands Hotels Near Gizo27.6 miles- Gizo, Ghizo Island, Solomon Islands Hotels Near Kukundu27.7 miles- Kukundu, Solomon Islands Hotels Near Munda51.7 ...

Japan takes Guam and Wake Island in the central pacific ... August: Allies take New Georgia and Vella Lavella, also in the Solomons, where they establish a major base. November: American marines ...

The National Security Council convened this morning (19) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to discuss security... Partnerships were the name of the game as ...

His unit relieved the Marines on Guadalcanal. He also fought on Russell Island, Vella Lavella, Caledonia, Tulagi and many other islands through the end of the war. He is survived by a daughter ...

Kindle Vella was launched in mid-2021 and offered a new way for authors to publish their stories online. As opposed to how ...