*(Honiara, Solomon Islands) 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 ...

The 175-meter-long New Orleans-class heavy cruiser Vincennes sank northeast of Savo Island on Aug. 9, 1942, during the Battle of Savo Island, the first naval battle of the Solomon Islands campaign. (X ...

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 ...

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 ...

By dawn, the Japanese forces are decimated, their reputation shattered, and the Marines emerge victorious at Hell’s Point.

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 ...

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 ...