Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands are an archipelago in the western South Pacific Ocean, located northeast of Australia. They are in the Melanesia sub-region and bio-region of Oceania. The archipelago forms much of the territory of the Solomon Islands nation, while the northwestern islands are within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea.

Solomon Islands in Joe Steele
In the spring of 1943, sailors and marines under Admiral Nimitz and soldiers under General Eisenhower won control of the Solomon Islands from the Japanese in the Pacific theater.