Registered: November 2001 Location: P. O. Box 96, CATAUMET, Massachusetts 02 Posts: 3,036
Mon January 26, 2009 8:50am
This is the famous Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville. Cape Torokina is right below the (very active!) volcano. You are right on the battle-site where the US Fleet under RAdms. Stanton Merril and Walden Ainsworth surprised the fleet of RAdm. Sentaro Omori on the night of 2 November, 1943. This was almost a YEAR after the conclusive Second Battle of Guadalcanal (12-14November, 1942) which shifted the action up to the northern Solomons. Few people realize that fully half (and maybe more) of the Pacific war's extent was fought in the Solomon Islands! 1942-1944!!!
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Registered: December 2003 Location: Cleveland area, OH Posts: 25,033
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