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The Guadalcanal Ground Campaign: The First Two Months
The Japanese continued to push hard to take Henderson Field, yet they never got as close to victory as they had the night of the attack on Edson’s Ridge
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From Oahu to Guadalcanal: Charles Willis Davis’s Medal of Honor
World War II ripped millions of men and women from their homes and hurled them around the globe. Americans like Charles Willis Davis discovered, though, under the most extreme circumstances, that they possessed incredible courage and ability.
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Marine Killed on Guadalcanal Laid to Rest in New Orleans
The remains of Private Randolph Ray Edwards were identified and accounted for more than 80 years after his death.
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Jefferson DeBlanc and the Air Battle for Guadalcanal
When Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc entered Guadalcanal, the United States had been fighting a defensive campaign against Japanese attempts to retake Henderson Airfield and dominate the surrounding seas.
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Eyewitness to Pearl Harbor and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Eleven months after witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor, Harold Ward stood watch aboard the USS San Francisco as the heavy cruiser "steamed right into a mess."
Past Events
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"Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway" featuring Jonathan Parshall
06/21/2021 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMA Lecture Series from the World War II Challenge with Crescent City Classic
Join us for a conversation with Jonathan Parshall, coauthor of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. First published in 2007, Shattered Sword brought to light newly available information from Japanese sources.
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"World War II: Witnesses and Memory | Part 2: Witnessing the Outbreak"
03/31/2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMJoin us for Witnessing the Outbreak—an international debate and the next webinar in the World War II: Witnesses and Memory series, organized jointly by the Pilecki Institute and The National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
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Meet the Author: Richard B. Frank
03/03/2020 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PMJoin us as we host the launch of military historian Richard B. Frank’s new book Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia–Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937–May 1942. This new work casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war.
