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    Kolombangara (sometimes spelled Kulambangara) is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the nation state of Solomon Islands in the southwestern...
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    The Battle of Kolombangara (Japanese: コロンバンガラ島沖海戦) (also known as the Second Battle of Kula Gulf) was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War...
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    The Kolombangara monarch (Symposiachrus browni), or Brown's monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Solomon Islands....
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  • Gizo/Ranongga/Simbo/Kolombangara was a single-member constituency of the Governing Council and Legislative Assembly. Located in Western Province, it covered...
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    battle involved United States and Japanese ships off the eastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. It took place during the early stages of the...
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    landings on New Georgia, Kolombangara and Santa Isabel. By June 1943, there were 10,500 troops on New Georgia and 9,000 on Kolombangara, all under the command...
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    the night of 6–7 August 1943 in Vella Gulf between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands of the southwest Pacific. This engagement was...
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    that sank and badly damaged several American warships at the Battle of Kolombangara. Yukikaze undertook escort missions during the Battle of the Philippine...
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  • Gizo/Kolombangara is a single-member constituency of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. Located in Western Province and covering Gizo and Kolombangara...
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    provisions and bring troops to the Japanese garrison on Vila Plantation, on Kolombangara Island's southern tip. America's sophisticated deciphering of the Japanese...
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    January 1943, conducting bombardments of Japanese positions at Munda and Kolombangara, particularly targeting the airfields there. Over the next five months...
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    World War II, fought on 6 March 1943 in the Blackett Strait, between Kolombangara and Arundel Island in the Solomon Islands. The battle was a chance encounter...
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    to the Vila Plantation garrison on the southern tip of the Solomon's Kolombangara Island. Intelligence had been sent to Kennedy's Commander Thomas G. Warfield...
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  • The Kolombangara leaf warbler or sombre leaf warbler (Phylloscopus amoenus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found...
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  • Vila is a site at the southern end of Kolombangara in the nation of Solomon Islands, originally the location of the Vila Stanmore coconut plantation. During...
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  • The Kolombangara white-eye or hermit white-eye (Zosterops murphyi) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands...
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    was accompanied by five destroyers near Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. In the ensuing Battle of Kolombangara, Jintsu was sunk and all three Allied...
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  • N-doo-kay) is an Oceanic language now spoken by about 3,000 people on Kolombangara island, Solomon Islands. Duke is an exonymic name (not used by speakers...
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    kilometres (266 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to the Solomon Islands' Kolombangara. Sheikhpura is one of the smallest districts of Bihar. The population...
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    Campaign, June–August 1943 Battle of Kula Gulf: July 1943 Battle of Kolombangara: July 1943 Battle of Vella Gulf: August 1943 Land Battle of Vella Lavella:...
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    to deliver only 850 troops. On the night of 12–13 July, the Battle of Kolombangara occurred. The Allies had three light cruisers (one New Zealand) and ten...
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    set a timetable for their launching. Of the 13, Rabaul, Kavieng, and Kolombangara were eventually eliminated as too costly and unnecessary, and only 11...
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    in the Battle of Tassafaronga, the Battle of Kula Gulf, the Battle of Kolombangara and the Battle of Peleliu. She was taken out of action by serious torpedo...
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    outstanding performance in action against enemy Japanese forces off Kolombangara Island, New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands, on the night of July 5–6...
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    Solomon Islands, representing the Gizo/Kolombangara constituency spanning Gizo and the island of Kolombangara in Western Province. Lilo served as the...
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    Islands Battle of Enogai 10–11 July U.S. victory over Japan Battle of Kolombangara 12–13 July American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese Battle of Mount...
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    Fiji sailor who died serving aboard HMNZS Leander, during the Battle of Kolombangara. Sainiani Boila (2019-12-22). "Navy decommissions RFNS Kula". Fiji Broadcasting...
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  • 1992, it was reported that a few holdouts still lived on the island of Kolombangara, though subsequent searches were unable to find any evidence. An investigation...
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    Mount Veve is an extinct volcano on the island of Kolombangara, in the Solomon Islands. With an elevation of 1,768 metres (5,801 ft), it is the island's...
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    killed or wounded 310 crewmen. Honolulu was torpedoed at the Battle of Kolombangara on 12–13 July 1943, as was her near-sister St. Louis. After being repaired...
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