They were there

There are still four well known people in the Solomons today who played important roles in the Guadalcanal cam paign.

They are Vouza, the headman of Roroni village, who won the George Medal and American Silver Star for great gravery and loyalty to the Allies in the face of severe torture when captured by the Japanese; William Arthur (Bill) Bennett, assistant broad casting officer with the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service, who was an assistant to Coast Watcher D. G. Kennedy; Silas Sitai, a Solomon Islands admini strative officer, and Solomon Dakei, senior radiographer at the Honiara Central Hospital, who were both members of the BSIP Defence Force and had adventurous careers as guides and scouts for the American forces.