More than 80 years since the Battle of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, communities today are still grappling with the unexploded devices left behind. The major battle in World War Two resulted in ...

At the height of the Pacific War, a strange theory about how long emaciated soldiers would live gained currency among starving Japanese troops fighting U.S. forces on the island of Guadalcanal.

On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942 ... U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. 1ST TO FIGHT: PACIFIC WAR MARINES, narrated by actor Jon Seda, documents ...

World War II veteran Edward Czechowski was just 17 when he enlisted in the Navy shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. “I turned 18 at Guadalcanal,” he said, referring to ...

The Battle of Savo Island, a crushing World War II naval defeat for the Allies ... whom had just invaded Guadalcanal two days before. A US Navy strategical and tactical analysis of the battle ...

which marks the 80th anniversary of Basilone’s heroic sacrifice at Iwo Jima and the start of one of the pivotal battles of World War II. At Guadalcanal’s Battle for Henderson Field in October ...