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Unseen Danger Beneath the Surface: 80 Years After the War's End, Solomon Islands Faces Ongoing Threat from WWII Explosives - The HALO Trust Reports

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. HONIARA, Solomon Islands, Aug. 29, 2025 /CNW/ -- Exactly 80 years after the end of World War II in the Pacific, ...
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US military EOD techs join with allies to clear World War II ordnance on Solomon Islands

MUNDA, Solomon Islands — U.S. Army and Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians joined together with bomb squad members from other nations to confront and defeat World War II era ...
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Marines mark Guadalcanal’s 83rd anniversary with solemn ceremony on historic ridge

Modern-day Marines paid tribute this month at the site where their predecessors launched the first major U.S. ground offensive against Imperial Japan in World War II. Members of Marine Rotational ...
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'Backyard Fireworks' Of WWII Bombs Still Litter Solomon Islands

Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip was ploughing his soil by hand when he heard an unusual clunk -- one of the countless unexploded bombs still scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after ...