The Imperial Japanese Army used an airstrip on some flat ground at Vila on the south shore of the island, and in May 1943 based several military units with over ten thousand troops garrisoned on the southeast side of the island under the command of Major General Minoru Sasaki, in an attempt to establish a defense line through the Central Solomons.
Minoru Yamasaki | Minoru Arakawa | Kazuhiro Sasaki | Sasaki | Sasaki Yoshikiyo | Isao Sasaki | Sasaki clan | Minoru Sasaki | Minoru Saito | Minoru Nakamura | Minoru Kitani | Minoru Genda | Minoru Fujita | Kyozan Joshu Sasaki | Kensuke Sasaki | Kazumasa Sasaki | Jun Sasaki | Akira Sasaki |