THE BATTLE FOR HELL’S ISLAND: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal. By Stephen L. Moore. NAL Caliber. 512 pages. $27.95. Guadalcanal was one of World War II’s biggest ...
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 ...
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 ...