Tulagi?The name rang a bell from my study of WW2 history. Sure enough it is right across the sound from Guadalcanal, a 3/4 square mile island. Or 40% the size of Sand Island, the largest of the Midway atoll where we once had a military base supporting over 4000 troops and their dependents. Or 127% the size of Eastern Island, where we still maintain an airfield which can be used for emergency transpacific landings.
Lt JG John F Kennedy took command of PT-109 on Tulagi on April 23, 1943. They moved to the Russell Islands on May 30, 1943 in preparation for the invasion of New Georgia.