Rabaul was supposed to be a shield. After Japan captured the port in early 1942, it transformed the area into one of the most important bases in the South Pacific. Airfields, harbor facilities, ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Several communities were evacuated and some international flights were diverted Friday after a volcanic eruption on Papua New Guinea. Authorities in the South Pacific nation ...

In the bitterest days on Guadalcanal a year ago, Marines used to refer to the frequent runs of Jap destroyers carrying men and supplies down the Solomons as the “Bougainville Express.” Last week the ...