U.S. Marines attack Japanese base insouth Pacific. A fleet of U.S. Coast Guard landing craft carrying U.S.

U.S. Marines attack Japanese base insouth Pacific. A fleet of U.S. Coast Guard landing craft carrying U.S. marines moves into Empress Augusta Bay on the west coast of Bougainvile in the Salomon Islands at dawn of November 1, 1943, to open a new offensive against the Japanese in the South Pacific. The marines fought their way ashore in the face of fire from Japanese strongpoints and established a beachhwad. Later U.S. Army troops landed to reinforce the Marines in the battle to drive the Japanese from their last base in the Solomoms.