A 1942 aerial map that had previously gone unnoticed and unused in a Hawaiian museum archive held the key to locating Rowe ...

In the waning months of 1942, as U.S. forces struggled to maintain their grip in the Pacific, a single devastating strike would confirm their deepest fears. On the night of September 15, Japanese ...

We recently celebrated Memorial Day on the last Monday in May, a profound day dedicated to honoring the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Once known as ...

More than 80 years after he was killed in action during one of the fiercest early battles of World War II, U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Pvt. Charmning Rowe has finally returned home to Orlando, Fla.

Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were the US Navy’s largest and last battleships, designed in the late 1930s with nine 16-inch guns capable of hurling 2,700-pound shells over 23 nautical ...

While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in These Were the Largest Naval Battles of WWII, By the Numbers Skip to main content ...

The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of the airbase they would name ... heroism and conspicuous intrepidity during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

USS President Jackson under attack during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In the center background, smoke rises after an Japanese plane crashed into the superstructure of USS San Francisco. (U.S ...

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 ...