The World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Papua New Guinea
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World War II ...
VF-17s - Battle of the Solomon Sea, Bougainville
The Japanese stronghold on Rabaul, on the northeast corner of New Britain, remained a major thorn in the side of South Pacific Allied operations. In order to neutralize this threat, Task Group 50.3 (including the carriers Essex, Independence and Bunker Hill) launched a major strike on the morning of 1 November 1943.
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