On December 3, 1942, aerial reconnaissance over Japanese-held territory near Guadalcanal revealed an unsettling anomaly - ...

In February 1943, LIFE magazine published a series of photographs from Guadalcanal — the largest of the Solomon Islands and the site of the Allies’ first, pivotal offensive in the Pacific ...

Beginning in August 1942, this was America’s first ground offensive in World War II against the Japanese who had been unstoppable in the Pacific.

The epic struggle for Guadalcanal is one of World War II's most compelling stories. Photo/U.S. Department of DefenseDuring a lull in the Battle for Henderson Field, a Marine machine gunner takes a ...

On August 7, 1942, America staged its first Pacific offensive during World War II with the invasion of Guadalcanal, a six-month battle that proved to be a turning point in the war.

Arthur Herman reviews “War at the ... in-the-pacific -1454706455. Arts. Books ... as the rest of America’s war in the Pacific. Mention Iwo Jima, Okinawa or Guadalcanal to most Americans and ...

The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

It was the first major World War II Allied offensive in the Pacific. Rick Jacobs marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal by talking about the battle’s strategies and significance.

The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers cover the beach, stretching nearly as far as the eye can see. The scene is from a recent episode of the HBO series “The Pacific.” A follow-up to &#8… ...

Marines fight on Okinawa island in Japan on May 18, 1945 during Operation Iceberg, the largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific theater in World War II. Frank Niader of Wayne, N.J., whose Marine ...

Guadalcanal was the first in a succession of islands, including Iwo Jima and Okinawa, that the Marines would hop all the way to the doorstep of Japan before the atomic bomb ended the Pacific war ...