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 ...

Those intrigued by the mystery of the waters are invited to join explorers this month on Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus for the virtual 21-day Maritime Archaeology of ...

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 ...

During the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II, the United States Armed Forces fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to recapture the Solomon Islands in the Pacific. But what started as an amphibious ...

A U.S. Marine Corps honor guard carries the casket of Pvt. Charmning W. Rowe, a Marine killed during the battle of Guadalcanal. (Staff Sgt. Ethan M. LeBlanc/Marine Corps) Following a decade-long ...

In January 1943, an Allied convoy set sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal, escorted by a cruiser Task Force 18 led by Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen. Unbeknownst to them, Japanese submarines had been ...

Two months after the U.S. defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the U.S. Marines kicked off their Pacific island-hopping campaign. Their first target was Guadalcanal, an island some ...

Per original caption: "Clothes, sheets and tents become limp and soggy with moisture. The nauseating order of pungent mildew permeates everything. … Every man’s spirit goes into a tailspin. (U.S.

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...