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

He joined the Marines at 16, served as a Raider, and fought at Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal in World War II. Now, he just wants ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A local attacked and stabbed a Japanese military personnel during a Guadalcanal battle commemoration service on Monday.TORIKA TOKALAU / Stuff Defence Minister Peeni Henare says he didn’t feel ...

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

We recently celebrated Memorial Day on the last Monday in May, a profound day dedicated to honoring the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Once known as ...

Late in the dark hours of Friday night, a Marine Corps C-20G “gray ghost” jet landed on the tarmac at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay.

The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, ... of the airbase they would name Henderson Field marked the first American offensive in the wake of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

USS President Jackson under attack during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In the center background, smoke rises after an Japanese plane crashed into the superstructure of USS San Francisco.

On the night of my arrival on Guadalcanal (Sept. 1) the Marine positions were bombed twice by large flights of Japanese aircraft. Shortly after midnight three enemy warships, either cruisers or ...