Because Guadalcanal had the code name “Cactus ... the ground forces fought a series of initial skirmishes with Japanese forces that were already on the island when the Marines landed.

At the height of the Pacific War, a strange theory about how long emaciated soldiers would live gained currency among starving Japanese troops fighting U.S. forces on the island of Guadalcanal.

unexploded wartime ordnance that remain on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands threaten to add to the casualties. But Japan’s Self-Defense Forces members have returned to the island to help ...

25, 1942, when the U.S. military’s months-long struggle to hold the strategically important Henderson Field at Guadalcanal came to a head following two days of constant Japanese assaults.

When it comes to the elite units within United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), The National Interest has ...

The Navy's newest destroyer the USS John Basilone takes its name from the Medal of Honor recipient and hero of the Battle of Guadalcanal.

John Basilone won the medal of honor for heroism during the Battle of Henderson Field at Guadalcanal one of the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, fending off incoming Japanese forces with a ...