Because Guadalcanal had the code name “Cactus ... Over and over again during the campaign, the M1917A1 saved the day. That night on Alligator Creek, Pvt. Al Schmid from 2nd Battalion/1st ...

The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure ... Norman Scott stood out for his role in two of the campaign's most critical naval duels. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on ...

Marine Cpl. John E. Edwinson Jr. comes home to Wilmington. Edwinson was sadly killed in action during World War II on Sept.

The Guadalcanal campaign was one of the fiercest and longest battles in the Pacific, exacting heavy losses on both American and Japanese forces. Although the island seemed minor, its Henderson ...

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has, along with this book, written Beneath the Southern Cross, also published by Osprey, a history of air operations against Rabaul that included the Guadalcanal campaign, two ...

was one of three tasked with providing air support for the assault on the Solomons and protecting the Navy ships massed off Guadalcanal and Tulagi. The months-long campaign was the first Allied ...

This book describes the air campaign in the Solomons – as well as some of that in New Guinea – starting with the invasion of Guadalcanal in August 1942 and ending with the defeat of Japanese airpower ...

Firelock Games will be on Kickstarter later today with their project to expand their War Stories World War II roleplaying ...