| As they did all the work, Guadalcanal is now at a standstill in both rural and urban areas. |
| As a result, the Marines would have to depend on thin-skinned amphibian tractors, or amtracs, barely tested at Guadalcanal. |
| When the Americans left Guadalcanal, many Malaitans stayed on and eventually came to dominate economic and political life. |
| Whatever the verdict in the courts of law, people in rural Guadalcanal consider the stabbing justified by family honour. |
| Renegade warlords and militants now control much of the main island of Guadalcanal. |
| Honiara, the capital, is situated on Guadalcanal, in a rain shadow cast by a high mountain range. |
