Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost no Marine of the U.S. 1st Marine Division stationed on Guadalcanal — an island 90 miles long and 25 miles wide in the ...

The Solomon Islands chain consists of several large volcanic islands to the south-east of Papua New Guinea, as well as outlying islands and atolls. The terrain is mountainous and heavily forested.

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 ...