Caroline Kennedy meets children of Solomon Islanders who saved JFK’s life

New US ambassador to Australia was in Honiara to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal

A visit to Solomon Islands by senior US diplomats included a touching personal moment, as Caroline Kennedy, the new US ambassador to Australia, met with the children of two men who saved the life of her father, John F Kennedy, during the second world war.

Caroline Kennedy was in Honiara to mark the 80th anniversary of the battle of Guadalcanal, a brutal seven-month land, sea and air fight between allied and Japanese forces that marked a turning point in the war.