In 1942, the USS San Francisco miraculously survived a pivotal battle in World War II and each year a memorial service is ...

In January 1943, an Allied convoy set sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal, escorted by a cruiser Task Force 18 led by Rear ...

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. (U.S.

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a multi-day battle that would see more than 1,700 Americans killed, began on this day in history, Nov. 12, 1942. Guadalcanal is the largest island in the Solomon ...

On Guadalcanal, standard patrol tactics were failing against Japanese soldiers who used the jungle for concealment, ambush, ...

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, There are three big ideas ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: War is a business of positions. There are three big ideas that come out of studying the Solomon Islands campaign. First of all, the physical setting may impel strategic ...

Terry Shoptaugh, American history professor, archivist and author, Minnesota State University Moorhead Shoptaugh's new book, released days ago, is "They Were Ready," about the 164th Infantry Regiment ...

Samuel Folsom, a Marine Corps fighter pilot who battled Japanese Zeros over Guadalcanal in World War II, died Saturday in Sherman Oaks, Calif., according to the New York Times. He was 102. Folsom, ...

Feb. 9 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1825, after no presidential candidate won the necessary majority, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams the sixth president of the United ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — The Marine Corps air wing in the Indo-Pacific adopted a new ceremonial call sign Monday, the 80th anniversary of one of its most significant trials, the ...