Unnoticed by the Allies, the troop transport ships he was protecting reached Guadalcanal unmolested, but Scott’s tactical success over Goto directly avenged Savo and, as the first major American ...

The Guadalcanal campaign was one of the fiercest and longest battles in the Pacific, exacting heavy losses on both American and Japanese forces. Although the island seemed minor, its Henderson ...

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On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning ...

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 ...

9A00199) During the opening hours of the U.S. assault on Guadalcanal, the air battle ... such ruins remain throughout what was known as the Pacific theater—on rugged mountaintops in New Guinea ...

Current local time in Guadalcanal (Pacific/Guadalcanal timezone). Get information about the Pacific/Guadalcanal time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is ...

This book has no bibliography or source notes (apparently the publisher's choice), but appears to be based on the US-published literature that reflects the importance of Guadalcanal as the hinge ...

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 hands for the duration. Vice Adm. Abe and Captain ...