Visale Catholic Mission
Founded in 1904 by the Catholic missionaries. Occupied by the Japanese, it was used as a radio station location by the Japanese Army. Bombed by Americans and destroyed. SBD pilot Geiger flew combat mission in a SBD and dropped a 1,000 lbs bomb through the roof of the mission. It was also destroyed in the fighting between the Japanese an US Army forces at the conclusion of the Guadalcanal campaign. Postwar, the mission was rebuilt, and is again a peaceful place still in use to this day.

Photos by Catholic Church, May 11, 1930

Photos by US Army / Robert Porter, 1944

Photos by Justin Taylan, 2003 & 2006

Last Updated
October 6, 2009