Five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, enlisted together and were assigned to the light cruiser USS Juneau during the Guadalcanal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following a decade-long recovery and identification mission led by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency — and more than 80 years ...

In August 1942, during the early days of the Guadalcanal campaign, U.S. Marines faced their first major ground battle against the Imperial Japanese Army at the Tenaru River. Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki led ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Marine has been honored for helping recover American troops’ remains from a World War II battlefield in the Solomon Islands. Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith, an explosive ordnance ...

The National Museum of the Pacific War will welcome renowned Guadalcanal battlefield researcher and guide Dave Holland for a free special meet-and-greet and book signing on March ...

On Aug. 7, 1942, eight months to the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in a plan code-named Operation Watchtower, United States Marines landed on the island of Guadalcanal. One of those ...

Almost no Marine of the U.S. 1st Marine Division stationed on Guadalcanal — an island 90 miles long and 25 miles wide in the Solomons Archipelago of the South Pacific Ocean — had experienced combat ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: No combatant can do everything everywhere on the map at the same time and expect to triumph. Japan, in particular, had to husband resources, This... Here’s What You ...

Those intrigued by the mystery of the waters are invited to join explorers this month on Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus for the virtual 21-day Maritime Archaeology of ...