Rendova was occupied by about 120 Japanese troops. 6,000 Americans would land, of which four wuld lose their lives.
Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands were significant enough to bear their own operational name, Operation Chronicle, although it was part of Operation Cartwheel.
It was an unopposed landing.
The Battle of Wickham Anchorage commenced between the US and the Japanese on Vangunu.
As was so often the case during World War Two, the attention of the news and public eye had been on the ETO, when all of a sudden, something significant happened in the Pacific. Most of these battles, of this campaign, are now forgotten.
Florence Ballard of The Supremes was born in Detroit. She'd die due to blood clots at age 32 in 1976.
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