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Honiara
Honiara , town (1986 pop. 30,413), capital of the Solomon Islands. Located on Guadalcanal in the SW Pacific, Honiara was rebuilt to replace the former capital of Tulaghi at the end of World War II and occupies the site of an important American campaign against the Japanese. The town now has an... Read more |
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign (see Map 47). This was, following the first Philippines campaign, the first real test of land strength between Japan and the USA in the Pacific war. The bloody and protracted struggle for this steamy, malaria-ridden, rain-sodden Solomon Island began on 7 August 1942.The... Read more |
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Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal , volcanic island (1992 est. pop. 63,633), c.2,510 sq mi (6,500 sq km), South Pacific, largest of the Solomon Islands . Honiara , capital of the Solomon Islands, is there. The island is largely jungle. Mt. Makarakombou rises to 8,028 ft (2,447 m). There are coconut and oil palm... Read more |
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Americal Division
Americal Division, US Army division formed in May 1942 from Task Force 6184 which garrisoned New Caledonia in the Pacific war. After the destruction of the Philippine division in the Philippines campaign early in 1942, it was the only division in the US Army to have a name not a number. Its 164th... Read more |
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Thomas C. Kinkaid
Kinkaid, Thomas C. (1888–1972), career naval officer and commander during World War II.Promoted to rear admiral on the eve of World War II, Thomas C. Kinkaid developed a reputation for completing assignments successfully. During 1942, Admiral Kinkaid commanded cruiser divisions in the... Read more |
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Evans Fordyce Carlson
Evans Fordyce Carlson 1896-1947, U.S. marine officer, b. Delaware co., N.Y. Enlisting at 16 in the army, he served in the Philippines and Hawaii and in France during World War I. In the U.S. marine corps after 1922, he saw service in Cuba, Nicaragua, Japan, and especially China, where in 1937 he... Read more |
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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 538,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands— Guadalcanal , Malaita, New Georgia, the Santa Cruz Islands, Choiseul, Ysabel (Santa Isabel), San... Read more |
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Jayapura
Jayapura or Djajapura , formerly Sukarnapura , town, capital of Papua (Indonesian New Guinea), Indonesia. A regional trade center and seaport, it is on Yos Sudarso Bay (formerly Humboldt Bay; an inlet of the Pacific) near the border with Papua New Guinea. Occupied by the Japanese in World... Read more |
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Arthur MacArthur
Arthur MacArthur 1845-1912, American army officer, b. Springfield, Mass.; father of Douglas MacArthur . Raised in Wisconsin, he served with the 24th Wisconsin Volunteers in the Civil War and fought in many Western campaigns and in the Chattanooga campaign of 1863. He received the Medal of Honor... Read more |
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