The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of ... Ahead lay a second naval battle of Guadalcanal, which would seal the island's ultimate fate and place the ...

During the 1942-43 campaign for the southern Solomon Island of Guadalcanal, many naval battles were fought to cement the material advantage gained by the Allies after the stunning Japanese losses ...

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was the last major naval battle between 1942 and 1943, with the next major maritime combat in 1944. One of the most challenging engagements for the US Navy in the ...

The first offensive By July 1942, the situation in the Pacific ... It was the first of seven naval battles around Guadalcanal that sank dozens of ships from both sides, earning the waters there ...

In January 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army and ... it led to a four-day-long combined air and sea engagement known as the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal that, in the end, turned back Japan’s ...

Had the men behind the lines given the men on Guadalcanal a fair chance to hold ... Despite the great naval defeat at the start of the Solomons campaign (the midnight surprise sinking of the ...

Commissioned in August 1942, the USS Taylor began its career ... from a crashing Japanese plane and gunfire during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. After undergoing repairs, San Francisco ...

May 17—"South Dakota saw extensive action during World War II; immediately upon entering service in mid-1942. ... she was sent to the south Pacific to reinforce Allied forces waging the Guadalcanal ...