General Alexander Vandegrift led the 1st Marine Division through the brutal Guadalcanal campaign, America’s first major amphibious offensive of World War II. After landing in August 1942, the Marines ...

On December 12, 1942, the Japanese destroyer Teruzuki was sailing through the Solomon Islands when it was suddenly struck by two American torpedoes, setting the ship ablaze and soon sending it to the ...

A recent assessment by the Asian Development Bank finds that Guadalcanal’s rivers in the Solomon Islands face growing pressure from logging, agriculture, and urban development, threatening ...

In recent weeks, Google has been busy adding AI features to all of its most popular apps. Following Gmail and Chrome, Maps is now the latest service to get a Gemini makeover, with a redesign of the ...

Japan's admission to having been driven off Guadalcanal and out of northeastern New Guinea is an indication that her southward progress in the Pacific has reached its limit. It means that the supply ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in the Pacific, Dr. Robert Ballard leads a team aboard E/V Nautilus exploring the shipwrecks of Guadalcanal. The Ocean Exploration Trust (OET)’s ...

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 ...

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 ...