Chat | Daily Search | My GenForum | Community Standards | Terms of Service Jump to Forum Home: General Topics: World War II Genealogy Forum Re: GUADALCANAL~ SOLOMON ISLANDS~U.S.A.: PT BOATS~ SUBMARINES: GARFISH & GATO Posted by: David R. Berry (ID *****8022) Date: October 24, 2008 at 11:39:14 In Reply to: GUADALCANAL~ SOLOMON ISLANDS~U.S.A.: PT BOATS~ SUBMARINES: GARFISH & GATO by sylvia stonehouse of 19517 The closest point in the Solomon chain to Timor is about 1100 miles. That's a mightly long way for a PT Boat. To get from the Solomons to Timor you have to pass between Australia and New Guinea--they are only about 35 miles apart. Port Moresby is on New Guinea. Guadalcanal is the largest of the Solomon Islands and there were only about 24,000 Japanese there when operation commenced in August of 1942. I think you need to refine the date so that a timeline can be established and a more practical identification of the island. Notify Administrator about this message? Followups: Re: GUADALCANAL~ SOLOMON ISLANDS~U.S.A.: PT BOATS~ SUBMARINES: GARFISH & GATO sylvia stonehouse 10/24/08 http://genforum.genealogy.com/wwii/messages/19254.html Search this forum: Find all of the words Find any of the words Search all of GenForum: Proximity matching Link to GenForum Add Forum

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