Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following a decade-long recovery and identification mission led by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency — and more than 80 years ...

In 1942, the USS San Francisco miraculously survived a pivotal battle in World War II and each year a memorial service is ...

In January 1943, an Allied convoy set sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal, escorted by a cruiser Task Force 18 led by Rear ...

The epic struggle for Guadalcanal is one of World War II's most compelling stories. Fought over seven months, from August 1942 to February 1943, the campaign was a series of vicious land, sea and air ...

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 ...

On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on Guadalcanal and two other islands in the Solomons, in America's first Pacific offensive of World War II. The epic, six-month struggle for Guadalcanal would ...

For most of us, Aug. 8 is just another day. Charles F. "Chuck" Lewandoski would argue otherwise, and not just because it's his birthday. It's the day he landed on Guadalcanal in 1942 to participate in ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth part of Janet Landfried’s series on a trip to the South Pacific. We sailed into Kieta harbor on the island of Bougainville in a light rain. The harbor pilot arrived in ...

Terry Shoptaugh, American history professor, archivist and author, Minnesota State University Moorhead Shoptaugh's new book, released days ago, is "They Were Ready," about the 164th Infantry Regiment ...

Deep in the jungle of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific are the rusting remains of a World War II-era fighter plane. Research confirms that the plane is the doomed Wildcat flown by James "Pug" ...

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 ...