Lat 2° 17' 60S Long 147° 49' 0

History
On April 3, 1944, American forces attacked the island. After a shore bombardment by Destroyers, the 12th Cavalry, 2d Squadron, reinforced, with two platoons of engineers and two platoons of the shore battalion landed at noon and met no resistance. Some Japanese were thought to be hiding in the rugged interior, so the 2d Squadron's task was a mopping-up operation through unusually steep country and heavy jungle, where water was hard to find. By 23 April, with the aid of an ANGAU warrant officer and native guides and patrols, 30 Japanese had been killed and 5 more captured. Further mopping up was left to the native police recruited by ANGAU.