Keywords: MundaPointAirstripView.jpg Munda strip prize won by XIV Corps as seen from atop Bibilo Hill in late August 1943 In a little over a week after its capture this strip became a base for ComAirSols planes operating against enemy installations in the Northern Solomons Seabees working in the foreground soon made Munda the major operating airfield in the Solomons Its occupation enabled South Pacific Forces to move into Bougainville before the end of the year http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-CSol/index html PD-USGov New Georgia Campaign |