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.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the Pacific War: the defeat of the Japanese at Guadalcanal in February 1943. The Japanese were placed on the ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Naval War College Review Vol. 64, No. 1, Winter 2011 ASYMMETRIC WARFARE AT SEA: The Naval Bat ...

Wis., charged the U.S. State Department was infested with communists, touching off the infamous "McCarthy era." ...

Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal, leaving the island in Allied possession after a prolonged campaign. The American ...

unexploded wartime ordnance that remain on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands threaten to add to the casualties. But Japan’s Self-Defense Forces members have returned to the island to help ...

Two months after the U.S. defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the U.S. Marines kicked off their Pacific ...