Solomon Islands / New Zealand / Guinea / Japan / United States / Australia / United Kingdom / Philippines / Ireland / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Japanese bastion / harbor of Arawe / Japanese Eighth Army headquarters / U.S. Army Center of Military History / Rabaul garrison / /
Holiday
New Year's Day / United Kingdom's Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
rubber / stream bank / rubber boats / latter site / /
MedicalCondition
starvation / /
NaturalFeature
Suicide Creek / Admiralty Islands / Green Islands / Gilbert Islands / Indies / Vitiaz strait / Emirau Island / Staff Bismarck Archipelago / Dampier strait / Arawe peninsula / Bismarck Sea / Solomon Island chain / Cape Gloucester / New Guinea coast / /
Organization
Allied / 1st Marine Division / Japanese Eighth Army / U.S. Army Center of Military History / General Krueger’s Sixth Army / Army / United States Marine Corps / Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger’s U.S. Sixth Army / American PT / Royal Australian Air Force / United States Army / Japanese infantry / U.S. Fifth Air Force / U.S. Army / 1st Cavalry Division / British Commonwealth / 112th Cavalry Regiment / /
Person
GORDON R. SULLIVAN / Chester Nimitz / Leo Hirrel / George Kenney / Walter Krueger / Thomas Kinkaid / Bismarck Archipelago / William (Bull) Halsey / Douglas MacArthur / /
Position
General / Lt. Gen. / commander in chief of the region / Chief of Staff / ra RT / commander / Admiral / /
Introduction World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. W