The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of the airbase they would name Henderson Field marked the first American offensive in the wake of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese ...
In November 1942, during World War II, an American battleship fought one of the most decisive naval battles in history ...
Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...
The chains are locked into place and the heavy lifting straps are drawn tight. The last securing bolts are removed as the ...
There are many naval warfare movies out there, films whose entire purpose is to take viewers out to the open sea to experience a whole new way of fighting that isn't as common as movies about the ...
USS President Jackson under attack during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In the center background, smoke rises after an Japanese plane crashed into the superstructure of USS San Francisco. (U.S.