Word: rendova
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...great U.S. building jobs in World War II was the high-speed construction of the swarming fleets of landing craft for the Allied amphibious attacks on Sicily, Italy, Attu, Kiska and Rendova...
Through the dark, night-hung waters off Rendova Island in the Solomons crept a sleek Navy PT boat, hoping for a crack at Japanese shipping. Suddenly shore batteries discovered the craft and opened...
Smashing the Defenses. Last week's invasion of Rendova Island had been followed by a crossing of the six-mile channel to a landing at Zanana, from which "Barracudas" (specially trained infantry units) pressed west to within two miles of Munda. On western New Georgia a landing was effected at Rice Anchorage, four miles above Bairoko Harbor, from which Munda had been supplied. Troops moved to isolate Bairoko and Munda...
...From Rendova, from coral islets in Blanche Channel, from positions on New Georgia, American artillery pounded at Munda. In one supporting raid the Allied Air Forces dropped 70 tons of bombs on the surrounded Japs. U.S. warships lobbed hundreds of shells on Bairoko and Vila...
Both Air Forces and Navy were out looking for trouble. But the wide-ranging bombers met little Jap interception. The Jap was having difficulty mustering enough aircraft for his own purposes. The flights he was able to put over Rendova during the week dwindled gradually, did little damage...