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Why the Battle of Guadalcanal was a turning point in WWII
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA U.S. Marine patrol crosses the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal in September 1942. From August 7th,...
The site of the US's first major World War II offensive in the Pacific is the scene of new struggle...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUS Navy transport ship USS President Adams, its decks crowded with troops, before the invasion of...
As It Happened: Guadalcanal Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Amazon Prime Video
COMINGSOON.net via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAs It Happened: Guadalcanal is a captivating and gripping American historical-drama documentary...
'He lived out the whole God, country, family thing': George Mason, Guadalcanal vet, dies at 98
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLAKE PARK — Life spent in hard times and wartime made George Bowdry Mason “a rock” to his family,...
How significant were the Coastwatchers during WWII?
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCaptain Martin Clemens (rear centre), a coastwatcher on Guadalcanal, provided intelligence to Allied forces during the battle for the island (August 1942...
Exclusive-Sherman, Kennedy to visit Solomons, where fathers fought and U.S. now vies with China
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and U.S. Ambassador to Australia...
'You just feel like you can whip the world': Spartanburg veterans reflect on World War II
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStanley Moore of Spartanburg was only 17 years old when he enlisted with the Marines in World War...
How a mother managed to save her son at Guadalcanal — from Ohio
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBeginning in the 1920s, Japanese naval planners were envisioning a scenario for war with the United...
A US Navy warship held together with coconut logs after a Japanese torpedo strike once sailed...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe USS New Orleans was hit by a torpedo and lost her entire bow during the Battle of Tassafaronga...
Solomons PM's absence from memorial service was a 'missed opportunity' - U.S. official
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare did not attend a weekend dawn...