Japanese Bomber Wrecked on South Pacific Island Captured by U.S. Forces -- U.S. fighting men inspect the wreckage of a large Japanese twin-engined bomber found on Munda airfield after American soldiers and Marines captured the vital Japanese base on New Georgia Island in the Solmons on Aug.6. Pushing north from Munda, the Americans forced the Japanese to flee from Bairoko Harbor Aug. 28, thus eliminating the last enemy resistance on the South Pacific island. January 31, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Radiophoto).