The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

Downtown Norfolk should be considered for the future home of the Navy Museum, Norfolk Historical Society board member Michael ...

As we pause to honor the quiet heroes among us, I write in tribute to Master Sergeant Carl Clark, born November 1921—a man ...

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The Battle of Bloody Ridge marked the opening stages of the Guadalcanal campaign and tested the resolve of American forces against fierce Japanese assaults. Outnumbered Marines held their ground under ...

HONIARA, Solomon Islands — A multinational expedition led by the Ocean Exploration Trust aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has completed a groundbreaking archaeological survey of more than ...

An international expedition has revealed 13 shipwrecks lost during some of the fiercest naval battles of World War II off the island of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific, offering the clearest view yet ...

A new expedition by the Ocean Exploration Trust has revealed 13 WWII shipwrecks in Guadalcanal’s Iron Bottom Sound. Rear Admiral Samuel J. Cox, Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command, ...

“Each man must have a breaking point.” On Guadalcanal many a man came close to that realization. Last week the mental suffering on Guadalcanal was described to the American Psychiatric Association in ...

Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith carries what are believed to be the remains of a fallen Marine killed in 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during a repatriation ceremony at Marine ...