US pilot rescued by coastwatcher from Choiseul 1943
1943
Local men carry an injured U.S. airman to two native canoes at the water's edge at the part of Choiseul (Lauru) Island, Solomon Islands, known as Boe Boe.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Part of Solomon Islands · Watch in the documentary
More from Solomon Islands
- Stern of the beached Japanese cargo ship Yamazuki Maru on Guadalcanal, circa Mar
- Wreck of Japanese submarine I-1 off Guadalcanal 1943
- An undated, group photo of Coastwatchers somewhere in the Solomon Islands, proba
- A warbird takes off for battle. Guadalcanal. February, 1943
- LtCol John Pomeroy Condon and staff
- LST-340 burning off Guadalcanal after bomb hit on 16 June 1943