Guadalcanal Island

1943: US forces retake the strategically vital Guadalcanal Island from the Japanese after a six-month battle.

Why Now? Bryan 2010

1943: US forces retake the strategically vital Guadalcanal Island from the Japanese after a six-month battle.

Why Now? 2010

1943: US forces retake the strategically vital Guadalcanal Island from the Japanese after a six-month battle.

Why Now? Bryan 2010

CALEB Durand was killed on Guadalcanal Island, shot in the head by a Japanese sniper.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

CALEB Durand was killed on Guadalcanal Island, shot in the head by a Japanese sniper.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

CALEB Durand was killed on Guadalcanal Island, shot in the head by a Japanese sniper.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

Similarly the Commander of RAMSI’s Participating Police Force, Ben McDevitt, an Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, was appointed Deputy Commissioner of RSIP and given responsibility for three important functions: the collection of weapons; resolving the conflict on the Weathercoast of Guadalcanal Island; and internal discipline of RSIP.

Operation Helpem Fren:Rebuilding The Nation of Solomon Islands 2004

“The press captured the first Japanese prisoner on Guadalcanal Island today, and was scared out of ten years’ growth doing it,” the excited Miller wrote.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

“The press captured the first Japanese prisoner on Guadalcanal Island today, and was scared out of ten years’ growth doing it,” the excited Miller wrote.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

“The press captured the first Japanese prisoner on Guadalcanal Island today, and was scared out of ten years’ growth doing it,” the excited Miller wrote.

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003