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 ...

May 17—"South Dakota saw extensive action during World War II; immediately upon entering service in mid-1942. ... she was sent to the south Pacific to reinforce Allied forces waging the Guadalcanal ...

Ahead lay a second naval battle of Guadalcanal, which would seal the island's ultimate fate and place the initiative in the Pacific in American hands for the duration. Vice Adm. Abe and Captain ...

November was the final month of heavy fighting on Guadalcanal. It began with a visit by Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, who ...

Of the eight pilots, five returned. NASM (SI NEG. #9A00199) During the opening hours of the U.S. assault on Guadalcanal, the air battle produced one of the most storied combat engagements of the war.

Spruance’s brilliant handling of Task Force 16 at Midway stand out in contrast to Fletcher’s performances during the early portion of the Guadalcanal campaign (and the Wake relief expedition). The ...

While this is considered a US victory, neither America nor Japan secured any specific area around Guadalcanal due to the battle. Still, it was a morale boost for the US Navy following its defeat ...

One notable fact about the Imperial Japanese Army’s combat in southern fronts, including the grueling battle on Guadalcanal, which was called “Gato” (starvation island), is the large numbers ...

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has, along with this book, written Beneath the Southern Cross, also published by Osprey, a history of air operations against Rabaul that included the Guadalcanal campaign, two ...

In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific theater. A group of young soldiers are brought in as a relief for the battle ...