As portrayed in the HBO miniseries, The Pacific, episode 4 (Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika), the American forces used the island—referred to in the show as "Banika"—as a hospital and R&R site, during World War II.
During World War II, the US built three bases on the island:
mbanika, banika, island, solomon, islands, located, central, province, second, largest, russell, islands, group, principal, settlement, yandina, island, islandlocation, solomon, islandscoordinates, 098000, 194000, 098000, 194000countrysolomon, islandsprovincec. Mbanika or Banika 1 is an island in Solomon Islands it is located in the Central Province and is the second largest of the Russell Islands Group The principal settlement is Yandina 2 3 Mbanika IslandMbanika IslandLocation in the Solomon IslandsCoordinates 009 05 52 8 S 159 11 38 4 E 9 098000 S 159 194000 E 9 098000 159 194000CountrySolomon IslandsProvinceCentral ProvinceIsland groupRussell Islands GroupAs portrayed in the HBO miniseries The Pacific episode 4 Gloucester Pavuvu Banika the American forces used the island referred to in the show as Banika as a hospital and R amp R site during World War II During World War II the US built three bases on the island Banika Field Renard Field Renard Sound Seaplane BaseReferences edit The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia Russell Island Mbanika Island Geoview Retrieved 26 July 2018 Mbanika Island Solomon Islands Geographic Names Retrieved 26 July 2018 nbsp This Solomon Islands location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mbanika amp oldid 1156871274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
