After the fierce fighting in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese lost their first battleship, Hiei, ...

In January 1943, an Allied convoy set sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal, escorted by a cruiser Task Force 18 led by Rear ...

Joe Foss received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Marine Corps fighter pilot during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 ...

In downtown Manila, rows upon rows of headstones are laid out on the gentle slopes of a hilltop, the largest single burial ...

Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece, but movies like Platoon and Come and See are more powerful and resonant ...

Combat welder? There is a classification in both the United States Army and the US Navy today, but in the South Pacific ...

Swan Hellenic will be bringing its brand of cultural expedition cruising to the Asia-Pacific region for the first time in 2026. The move marks a new chapter for the company’s vessel SH Minerva, which, ...

The 1838 Battle of the Loxahatchee River ended with outnumbered Seminoles retreating into nearby swamps amid a battle with ...

The U.S. military says the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those ...

Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944, a German U-boat torpedo killed 763 American soldiers just five miles from ...