Keywords: M3 tank on Mbanika island 1944.jpg Ammunition for an M3A1 Stuart tank MC60380 of the U S Marine Corps is brought ashore from a landing craft of an U S Navy attack transport on Mbanika Island Russell Islands Mbanika and the neighboring Pavuvu served as temporary home to the U S 1st Marine Division after their action on Cape Gloucester after April 1944 and again after their action on Peleliu after November 1944 305275 1944 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia M3A1 Stuart Vehicles of the United States Marine Corps Solomon Islands Campaign |