The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of ... Scott first found action during World War I as the executive officer of USS Jacob Jones, which, on the night of Dec. 6 ...

Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith carries what are believed to be the remains of a fallen Marine killed in 1942 during the Battle of ...

The "greatest ever" war film has been added to Disney Plus, with those who watch it being left feeling emotional. Nearly ...

Francis Ford Coppola’s loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness relays Conrad’s use of a river journey from South Vietnam to Cambodia as a trip into the most burrowing reaches of the ...

William] Halsey. I think Halsey said horribly racist things that were counterproductive, but early in the war, in the Guadalcanal campaign, he was vital. There are those kind of personalities that ...

Eric Hammel’s books on Second World War air combat, especially fighter combat, made extensive use of interviews with US personnel, back when they could be interviewed, including those for a planned ...

Phillips and his unit were taken off Guadalcanal on December 22 ... He was still in training when the war ended, and was able to return to Mobile. He married Mary Houston, had 3 children, and ...

Scott first found action during World War I as the executive officer of ... and conspicuous intrepidity during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) After ...