Insel (Salomonen)

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Quelle: Wikipedia. Seiten: 124. Nicht dargestellt. Kapitel: Tikopia, Guadalcanal, Fatutaka, Vella Lavella, Vanikoro, Liste Von Salomon-Inseln, Rennell, Anuta, New Georgia, Choiseul, Savo Island, Bellona, Tulagi, Kolombangara, Nendo, Utupua, Santa Isabel, Ghizo, Malaita, Makira, Mono, Vaghena, Stirling, Kasolo, Maramasike, Pileni, Alu, Rob Roy, Taro Island, Fera, Fauro, Nusa Tupe, Gavutu, Simbo, Arundel, Rendova, Ranongga, Tetepare, Nggatokae, Tanambogo, Vangunu, Mbava, San Jorge, Vonavona, Mborokua, Kohinggo, Akara, Penjuku, Marapa, Nughu, Rua Sura, Mutuavi, Faore. Auszug: Kolombangara (sometimes spelled Kulambangara) is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands. Almost perfectly round in shape and about 15 km across, the island is a stratovolcano that reaches an altitude of 1, 770 meters at Mount Veve. The island forms part of the southern boundary of the New Georgia Sound, to the northwest the Vella Gulf separates it from Vella Lavella and Gizo, while to the southeast New Georgia lies across the Kula Gulf. Kolombangara is heavily forested, with few inhabitants. The name is from a local language, a rough translation of its meaning is "Water Lord" with approximately 80 rivers and streams running down its flanks. During World War II the island and the waters around it were the scene of much fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army used an airstrip on some flat ground at Vila on the south shore of the island, and in May 1943 based several military units on the island, under the command of Major General Minoru Sasaki, in an attempt to establish a defense line through the Central Solomons. Naval battles nearby included the Battle of Kula Gulf and Battle of Kolombangara. The most famous battle was the mission to intercept the "Tokyo Express" supply convoy which resulted in the ramming and subsequent rescue of John F. Kennedy and the crew of his PT-109 by Solomon Islander scouts. Coastwatcher A.R. Evans spotted the explosion from his post at the top of the mountain and had dispatched the natives to find them. After destroyers succeeded in sinking the supply ships 3 nights later and isolating the garrison of 12, 400 there, US forces were able to "leapfrog" Kolombangara to land on Vella Lavella to the west. The Japanese evacuated Kolombangara between September 23 and October 4 1943. In January 1944 a detachment of 1 officer and 6 enlisted men from the 350th Engineer General Service Regiment stationed at Munda, established a vegetable farm on the Japanese abandoned airstrip at Vila. The British government furnished 16 male na