Landings on Rendova
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The Landings on Rendova were amphibious military assaults by United States Army, Marine Corps and Navy forces on Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands on 30 June 1943. The small Japanese garrison was
U.S. Army soldiers come ashore on Rendova Island on 30 June 1943.
The New Georgia group of islands
Ships laden with equipment and troops approach Rendova
LCIs being unloaded at Rendova
Seabee
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United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces. The Seabee nickname is a heterograph of the initial letters "CB" from the words
Landings on Rendova
…John H. Hester Theodore S. Wilkinson Leonard F. Wing Minoru Sasaki Genjiro Hirata Strength 6,000 43rd Infantry Division 9th Marine Defense Battalion 24th NCB Fiji Guerrillas Coastwatchers 120 – 290 Casualties and losses 4 killed, 5 wounded during fighting ashore on 30 June ~ 64 killed on 2 July alone 21…
CB Navy Yard Bougainville with the Seabee Expression
3rd Marine Div. 2nd Raider's sign on Bougainville. 53rd CB was the shore party to the 2nd Raiders of Green Beach, D-Day.
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Supply Corps Insignia