halted, the ally seized the initiative and launched a amphibious assault on quantum -- and the solomon islands. from there, the allies launched a island hopping campaign. he series of amphibious assaults aimed to bring american forces closer to japan, and the occupied philippines by capturing philippine islands along the way and -- linking the most official ground with the most bloodshed. carol was the first target. the assault that ended in an american victory but a standing cost at its four-day duration. using the lessons learned their hard-fought victories at the -- islands through 1944 brought allied forces ever closer to their ultimate objectives. with every victory on land, american forces secured greater air and naval superiority. yet casualties still climbed. in october, allied forces began amphibious operations to liberate the philippines. a task that would take ten months to complete. allied forces elsewhere meanwhile continue to leapfrog closer to mainland japan into 1945. american air forces spearheaded by the new long-range b29 super fortress began a super balmy campaign against j

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two people have died in an explosion on the solomon islands.killed in a block of flats in the capital honey are at the headquarters of an aid agency. they were working on project to find munitions left over from the second world war. the south pacific islands with a scene of intense battles with thousands of all —— thousands of bonds are still there. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. we will find out how an offbeat riches to rags comedy show swept the board at the 72nd emmy awards ceremony. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world, and so the british government has no option

july the 2nd, i was in guadalcanal, and the solomon islands, early 1943, i received orders to travelp and return to the south pacific. when i reached san diego, my orders had been changed. i started training -- >> martha: and you went to europe. your story is so remarkable. i encourage people to go to your website and learn more about it, but before i let you go, mr. holder, i just want to ask you -- you had expected to be at pearl harbor, and they sort of turn that off, in terms of everybody coming there. were you concerned about going there, or did you want to go? >> i desperately wanted to go. i had thoughts about it, you know, but i was willing to forgo all those to make the trip. >> martha: jack holder, we are so grateful to you for being here and your message to young people and how much you have worked your whole life to keep these stories alive and to remember the men who were lost. you are a living testament to the history of world war ii, having been in some of the most monumental battles of that war, and we are grateful to you for your time and for your service tonight, an

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he helped evacuate wounded marines in the solomon islands while he was covering a story, covering a battle betweenus and japanese forces . most significantly he had written a glowing biography of general unless macarthur which he later bought was so laudatory he wanted to take it out of circulation but that definitely helps the cause when you're applying to general macarthur to come to the country. so even though oshima on nagasaki were restricted topics and they were really vetting journalists comingand going into japan , percy may have seen or been seen as a relatively innocuous. >> reliable man. >> exactly, a company man. so then he gets to china, he gets tojapan and when he gets to hiroshima finally , you can tell us how he does that. the extraordinary step forward is he talks to people rather than reporting on events . how does he begin to find the people who will form the spine of the greatpc rights ? >> that was an incredibly important departure and it might seem obvious now to just focus on a few individuals to bring out the human element of the story but it was revolutionary then

two people have died in an explosion in the solomon islands.olleague were killed in a block of flats in the capital at the headquarters ofan aid the capital at the headquarters of an aid agency. they were working on a project to find munitions left over from the second world war. the south pacific islands where the scene of intense battles and thousands of moms are still there. united states police have arrested a woman suspected of sending a poison field letter to president trump. she was detained in buffalo on the canada border and unconfirmed reports suggest she is a canadian citizen. the letter containing rice and was intercepted at a sorting office last week before it could reach the white house. a plaque demanding reform of the entire monarchy has been removed just less tha n monarchy has been removed just less than a day after it was cemented into the ground. it was placed near the grand palace during a mass protest in bangkok. it proclaimed that the country belongs to be people, not speaking. it is illegal to criticise the royal family