Modern-day Marines paid tribute this month at the site where their predecessors launched the first major U.S. ground offensive against Imperial Japan in World War II. Members of Marine Rotational ...
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, ...
(Reuters) - The battle fields of Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, draw visitors from the United States and its war allies, as well as those from Japan, decades after the bloody campaign in the ...
On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a direct hit on the bow of the U.S. Navy cruiser. The blast ignited the ship’s ...
Frank S. Wright turns 100 on July 5, 2025. He’d like to get 100,000 birthday cards for the occasion. Frank S. Wright has lived a life. At 16, as World War II raged, he lied about his age and joined ...
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The Ruthless Destroyer that Blasted America's First WW2 Shots
August 3rd, 1942. As the sun set over the South Pacific, the Mahan-class destroyer USS Tucker carefully navigated toward the island of Espiritu Santo. Having boldly initiated the brave American ...
PEORIA — When Harold Berg stepped onto the white beach of Guadalcanal in late July, he carried memories of the battle he participated in 75 years ago, and also of his buddies he left behind. "That to ...
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