Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, February 21, 1943. Marines land on the Russells.

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Sunday, February 21, 1943. Marines land on the Russells.

Marines land on Mbanka and Pavuuvu in the Solomons, near Guadalcanal. Contrary to expectation, the Japanese had withdrawn.

Together, the islands are known as the Russell Islands.

The day prior, which I failed to mention, Rockwell's Freedom of Speech was a feature of The Saturday Evening Post, along with an article on the magazine upon that freedom.

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