Both Norman Scott and Daniel J. Callaghan would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the intense ...

Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith carries what are believed to be the remains of a fallen Marine killed in 1942 during the Battle of ...

9A00199) During the opening hours of the U.S. assault on Guadalcanal, the air battle produced one of the ... circle but opened on the side facing the sea. “This ridge,” Taylan said, “is ...

Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the Pacific War: the defeat of the Japanese at Guadalcanal ... as the Battle of the Philippine Sea, American and ...

The first battle addressed is the Battle of the Coral Sea, beginning Part One with a description of ... Part Four of the book deals with the naval operations of the campaign for Guadalcanal which ...

There were, however, more sea battles to come ... Ahead lay a second naval battle of Guadalcanal, which would seal the island’s ultimate fate and place the initiative in the Pacific in American ...