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.

The remains of a fallen World War II Marine were brought home eight decades after he was killed in the battle of Guadalcanal, and his gravesite was lost in the fog of war. “His big dream was ...

Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the Pacific War: the defeat of the Japanese at Guadalcanal ... hardship to the U.S. soldiers, sailors and Marines ...

Since the Japanese controlled nearly every island between the Philippines and Hawaii in 1942, getting to the Philippines meant seizing many of those islands, which included Guadalcanal ...

Japan's admission to having been driven off Guadalcanal and out of northeastern New Guinea is an indication that her southward progress in the Pacific has reached its limit. It means that the ...

In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific theater. A group of young soldiers are brought in as a relief for the battle ...

Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the Pacific War: the defeat of the Japanese at Guadalcanal ... hardship to the U.S. soldiers, sailors and Marines ...