A US Navy sailor survives off of Guadalcanal thanks to a life belt with a remarkable connection to home. 

Glass and the crew of the USS Enterprise survived Guadalcanal to fight another day—barely.

Glass and the crew of the USS Enterprise survived Guadalcanal to fight another day—barely.

After a Japanese torpedo attack, a heavy cruiser survives to fight again -- with the help of a temporary bow fashioned from a tropical tree trunk. 

James “Horse Collar” Smith describes his experiences during the Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal in September 1942.