For Australians of the second world war generation, the name Guadalcanal engenders immediate thoughts and emotions about some of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific. Located as close to Cairns as is Brisbane, the island of Guadalcanal was the location of the first land counter-offensive against the Japanese advance into the Pacific following the naval battles in the Coral Sea and at Midway.
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