. "*Coastwatchers" . "Fiji" . . "*Fijian Commandos" . "120 \u2013 290" . "New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation" . "*43rd Infantry Division" . . . . "landing at Rendova Island" . "*9th Marine Defense Battalion" . . . "1 destroyer damaged" . . . "1 transport sunk" . "invasion of Rendova Island" . "Rendova" . . . . "landings on Rendova" . "* Americans install artillery on Rendova to support theDrive on Munda Pointand subsequent operations on New Georgia" . "* Allied aircraft bomb Munda and successfully fight off Japanese aerial counter-attacks" . "Solomon Islands" . . "Allied victory" . . . "the landings on Rendova Island" . . . "capture of Rendova" . . . . "Landings on Rendova" . "Landings on Rendova" . "Tonga" . "~ 64 killed on 2 July alone" . "21 planes lost" . "Rendova Island" . "1943-06-30" . . . "* Americans and Pacific Islanders seize Rendova and nearby islands" . . "*24th NCB" . "6,000" . "Japan" . "4 killed, 5 wounded during fighting ashore on 30 June" . .