More than 80 years after the Battle of Guadalcanal, communities today are still grappling with the unexploded devices left ...

Today, seven American World War II veterans, including 99-year-old Frank Wright who was here in July, are set to return to ...

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.

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...

It’s been over 80 years since the United States and Allied forces fought Japan in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Today, communities in the Solomon Islands are still dealing with the unexploded devices ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...