THE BATTLE FOR HELL’S ISLAND: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal. By Stephen L. Moore. NAL Caliber. 512 pages. $27.95. Guadalcanal was one of World War II’s biggest ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Shortly after midnight 50 years ago today in the waters off Guadalcanal, what one historian called “one of the bloodiest and most savage sea battles of World War II” raged.
A SERIES OF CHILLING sketches done by an American artist on the front line of one of the most intense conflicts of the Second World War have resurfaced, on the 75th anniversary of the battle's most ...
At dawn on August 7, 1942, thousands of young, fierce, and tenacious American patriots stormed the shores of Red Beach, commencing the epic Battle of Guadalcanal—a roaring display of American might ...
On this day in history, November 12, 1942, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins in the Solomon Islands
The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a multi-day battle that would see more than 1,700 Americans killed, began on this day in history, Nov. 12, 1942. Guadalcanal is the largest island in the Solomon ...
Seventy-five years ago, on Aug. 7, 1942, the Allied offensive against Japan began with the invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The fight for the small tropical isle became a grueling ...
A line in Australian coast watcher Martin Clemens’ diary for Aug. 7, 1942, reads, “Oh! What a day!” On that day, Clemens saw many of the almost 19,000 U.S. Marines from 82 ships jump out of crude ...
On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on Guadalcanal and two other islands in the Solomons, in America's first Pacific offensive of World War II. The epic, six-month struggle for Guadalcanal would ...
Governments and military from around the world have paused to reflect on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal at a ceremony in Honiara. The 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal ...
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