Rabaul was one of Japan’s most powerful bases in the South Pacific, packed with troops, airfields, tunnels, artillery, and ...

In the bitterest days on Guadalcanal a year ago, Marines used to refer to the frequent runs of Jap destroyers carrying men and supplies down the Solomons as the “Bougainville Express.” Last week the ...

Geoscience Australia says volcano activity near the town of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea is being closely monitored. It is not yet certain how serious an eruption on Mount Tavurvur today might be. At ...