** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** In January 1942, the Japanese ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After dying on a distant battlefield more than 70 years ago, a Montgomery hero is returning home. U.S. Army Air Forces Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr., 28, died June 5, 1944, when the ...

The 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz, a key naval clash during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a turning point in the Pacific Theater ...

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 ...

Deep in the jungle of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific are the rusting remains of a World War II-era fighter plane. Research confirms that the plane is the doomed Wildcat flown by James "Pug" ...

Seventy-five years ago, on Aug. 7, 1942, the Allied offensive against Japan began with the invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The fight for the small tropical isle became a grueling ...

Those intrigued by the mystery of the waters are invited to join explorers this month on Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus for the virtual 21-day Maritime Archaeology of ...

Per original caption: "Clothes, sheets and tents become limp and soggy with moisture. The nauseating order of pungent mildew permeates everything. … Every man’s spirit goes into a tailspin. (U.S.

This vivid account of a week with the U.S. Marines in the Solomon Islands was written by New York Times Correspondent F. Tillman Durdin, and is reprinted by permission of the Times: Life has never a ...

This year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. The battle is one of seven naval engagements that—together with hard-ground fighting on the part of the U.S.