2006

GUADALCANAL 2006

Aerial of Henderson # 1

Aerial of Henderson # 2

Aerial of Henderson # 3

Aerial of Lunga Point

US veterans 7 Aug 2006

sunrise over Lunga Point 7 Aug 2006

Solomons Police band playing THE MARINE HYMN

Savo Island from US memorial

flags at memorial service 7 August 2006

Arisaka rifle remains

Wildcat propellor

Militant home made gun from 1999 -2003 ethnic fighting

relic hunting on Mt Austen

US foxhole on Hill 66 looking west

Bonegi River

WW2 bottles at Bonegi river

Sherman tank # 1

Sherman tank # 2

Sherman tank hits on range

Sherman dedication

Simon and "his" Sherman

wreck of KINUGAWA MARU at Bonegi # 1

wreck of KINUGAWA MARU at Bonegi # 2

Bonegi beach palms

US dump jerricans

Pete at Bonegi US dump

Edsons Ridge

Aust Army & Police Sightseeing

relics found mid ridge

hills south of Edsons Ridge

final knoll looking south from mid ridge

how close the Japanese got

walking north along ridge trail

looking west towards Mt Austen

Sue finds a bullet

looking towards final knoll

wire stake at front of ridge

looking west towards ridge from trail to Oct 42 battle area

exploring jungle east of ridge

south of Edsons Ridge

C Company para position

early morning relic search

why you still have to be careful in the long grass

"Bus house" near Edsons Ridge

Henderson Field from Edsons Ridge

US memorial on final knoll (plaque ripped off)

site of ridge trail of well known photo of 4 dead Japanese

Ken Parker (C Company Paras - wounded on ridge and killed Iwo Jima 1945)

Machine Gun position on final knoll looking south

Nissen hut east of Edsons Ridge

relic hunting mid ridge

"the smoke of many rice fires"?

ridge trail looking south

Gifu village/Hill 27,Mount Austen

37mm ammo tin lids

barbed wire roll

Betty bomber number

rotted Japanese helmets

plates from Betty bomber 1

plates from Betty bomber 2

Japanese ammo tin and bore brush

relic hunting on Hill 27

relic hunting on Hill 27 # 2

relic hunting on Hill 27 # 3

THIN RED LINE from Hill 27

Thomas relic table # 1

Thomas relic table # 2

Thomas table # 3

Japanese helmets

Henderson Field

Edsons Ridge memorial near control tower overgown

landing in rain

Henderson plaque

wartime control tower

wartime control tower 2

view from Pagoda Hill

leaving Henderson

looking across the field\

the Lunga car wash still open for business

Japanese 75mm AA gun outside terminal

inside terminal 1

inside terminal 2

Qantas at Henderson field

Hill 66

view towards kukum beach

view west from Hill 66

view of Savo island from Hill 66

US memorial on Skyline Ridge

looking south from Hill 66

ration tin on Hill 66

Honiara

Marston matting in main street

WW2 Coca-Cola bottle stall at market

Lunga Pt and ships in Bay

storm clouds in Ironbottom Bay

dawn at Pt Cruz

Lunga Pt from Hill 83

Matanikau bridge

Matanikau river

US Nissen huts near Matanikau

Douglas Munro MOH battle site

Point Cruz Yacht club - watering hole

Yacht club sign

Pt Cruz yacht club patron in 1943

thats a knife!!

Ilu River

Alligator track from lagoon to ocean

Ichiki memorial on east bank

sign near Ichiki memorial

west bank beach

comparing 1942 photos on west bank beach

Kukum Beach

looking towards Cape Esperance and Savo Island

wrecked boats along beach

looking towards Pt Cruz

Lunga beach

US pier remains

US pier remains #2

Lunga lagoon #2

Lunga lagoon #3

looking to Lunga point from lunga lagoon beach

wreck on beach #2

(cyclone victim 2001)

looking west from Lunga point

looking towards Cape Esperance and Savo island

Matanikau

Japanese tank at sandbar

tank wrecks 1942 comparison

tank on Matanikau beach

exploding mines at sandbar

beach area where Goettge patrol was attacked

Solomons Museum

Nambu heavy machine gun

Japanese 20mm gun from Zero

US automatic pistol

really rotted Nambu MG

bullet hit propellor

Nambus on tripods

Japanese aircraft MG

Japanese infantry MG

Japanese shell carrier

Japanese 37mm AT gun

US machine guns

Relics 2006

Betty bomber piece

WW2 Coca-Cola bottles

WW2 Beer and Pepsi-Cola bottles

piece of Betty bomber

Japanese belt buckles

Japanese gasmask filter can

Japanese water bottles

a days searching

Edsons Ridge bullets

Japanese bore brush

Japanese gun items

Roads

New Kokumbona bridge

road to Cape Esperance

road past Kokumbona

road near Bonegi River

Tambea Beach (Resort burnt in 2000)

villagers on the beach

Sendai Division memorial

aircraft wreckage

aircraft propellor

Savo island from Tambea

Vilu museum

guns from Japanese transport ships

SBD arrestor hook

Betty bomber nose

Japanese tank turret