The Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A consisted of a series of engagements fought in mid-December 1943 on Bougainville between forces of the United States Marine Corps and the Imperial Japane
US Marines clear a Japanese position on Hill 600A
The Bougainville counterattack, also known as the Second Battle of Torokina, was an unsuccessful Japanese offensive against the Allied base at Cape Torokina on Bougainville Island during the Pacific T
A U.S. Army 75 mm pack howitzer firing at close range at a Japanese position on Hill 260 in March 1944
U.S. Marine Corps fighters and bombers at Torokina Airfield, December 1943
Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Regiment plotting defensive positions in March 1944
The Japanese counterattack on Bougainville between 9 and 17 March 1944. The U.S. perimeter is marked in blue and Japanese troop movements are shown in red.