Services will be held today in Honiara to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle for Guadalcanal, which began on August 7, 1942. Nearly 38,000 soldiers - most of them Japanese - died during the campaign. RNZ Pacific’s Jamie Tahana reports.
Services will be held today in Honiara to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle for Guadalcanal, which began on August 7, 1942. Nearly 38,000 soldiers - most of them Japanese - died during the campaign. RNZ Pacific’s Jamie Tahana reports.