The 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz, a key naval clash during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. As U.S. and Japanese forces fought for control of the ...

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.

Sixty years ago, when the Japanese invaded the Solomon Islands, a young British officer, Martin Clemens, stayed hidden behind enemy lines to spy. He's one of the heroes of the Battle of Guadalcanal.

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 ...

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 , ...

At dawn on August 7, 1942, thousands of young, fierce, and tenacious American patriots stormed the shores of Red Beach, commencing the epic Battle of Guadalcanal—a roaring display of American might ...

A line in Australian coast watcher Martin Clemens’ diary for Aug. 7, 1942, reads, “Oh! What a day!” On that day, Clemens saw many of the almost 19,000 U.S. Marines from 82 ships jump out of crude ...

Taylor Swift had always wanted to write a song to honor the military service of a man who died a few months before her ninth birthday. Archie Dean Swift Jr., who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during ...