On the humid night of August 21, 1942, American Marines on Guadalcanal uncover detailed Japanese plans to retake Henderson Field. As they prepare for the looming assault, the stakes rise, intelligence ...

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 ...

Modern-day Marines paid tribute this month at the site where their predecessors launched the first major U.S. ground offensive against Imperial Japan in World War II. Members of Marine Rotational ...

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 ...

Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Imperial Navy during the Second World War. He was a veteran of ...

An expedition led by Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) aboard Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has just completed comprehensive archaeological surveys of more than a dozen vessels lost during the World ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...