In the night of November 14-15, 1942, the USS Washington (BB-56) played head-swellingly big in the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, which wrote the momentous history of a Pacific war.

In the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, during the night of November 14-15, 1942, the USS Washington, BB-56, sank the Japanese battleship Kirishima. It was viewed as one of the enormous turning ...

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 ...

As we look back at November 27th throughout history, we find ourselves reflecting on a tapestry of events that have shaped ...

John Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Sgt. Basilone was killed ...

A former soldier who joined the Corps because the Army “wasn’t tough enough” and rose to fame during the Battle of Guadalcanal, when he ran ammunition along the lines to beleaguered and cut ...

whom had just invaded Guadalcanal two days before. A US Navy strategical and tactical analysis of the battle, which was published in 1950, praised the commanding Japanese admiral, Gunichi Mikawa ...

who received both the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry" during the Guadalcanal campaign and a posthumous Navy Cross for his valor during the Battle of Iwo ...