The Guadalcanal campaign was one of the Pacific War’s most grueling and prolonged battles, costing both the United States and Japan dearly. Though seemingly minor, the island held critical strategic ...

One of the remaining U.S. Marines who helped liberate Guam from Japanese soldiers during World War II, former Cpl. Frank S.

As USS Wasp recovered her aircraft near Guadalcanal, Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19 silently crept into firing position. Though unaware of the American carrier's lack of armor, I-19 launched a ...

A 1942 aerial map that had previously gone unnoticed and unused in a Hawaiian museum archive held the key to locating Rowe ...

In the summer of 1942, these fraternity boys-turned combat pilots formed the tip of the aerial spear in America’s first offensive of World War II: the seizure of Guadalcanal from the Japanese.

Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown. Stackpole, $29.95 ...

In 1943, Japanese troops evacuated Guadalcanal, leaving it in Allied possession. The Japanese invaded the Solomon Islands in 1942 as part of World War II and Guadalcanal was home to a strategic ...

Japanese forces had gone to Guadalcanal in June to build an airfield. It was part of a strategy by Japanese forces to advance across the Pacific with an island perimeter of air bases.

The six-month-long campaign to re-take Guadalcanal would prove to be a pivotal victory in the battle to turn back the Empire of Japan during World War II. So, which firearms were used and who ...