In November 1942, the fast battleship Hiei approached Guadalcanal to bombard Henderson Field and clear the way for a major ...

It’s just past midnight on Friday November 13th, 1942. The opening of the battle of Guadalcanal. On board the USS San Francisco is Rear Admiral Daniel Judson Callaghan. The fleet of 13 ships was all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of the airbase they would name Henderson Field marked ...

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 ...

Making a brief appearance in this book is an airplane irreverently named “The Resurrection”, brought back from the dead at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal through combining parts from multiple wrecks ...

This week, the eleventh of the Battle of the Solomons, the U.S. was confronted by some figures and a crisis: U.S. Marines, soldiers and sailors had damaged 51 and sunk eleven ships and destroyed 340 ...

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 ...

Last week the Japs had a big edge on naval strength in the South Pacific. This week that edge had been whittled down, particularly in the vital cruiser category. As if to answer critics of the Navy , ...

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.