To survive on Guadalcanal, a young Marine must confront war, the dead, and his own culture. 

A Navajo code talker turns his language and culture into battlefield weapons.

A young Marine confronts the horrors of war and the jungle on Guadalcanal.

Through the fog of first combat, the nature of war in the Pacific is revealed.

Bernice Frankel's Official Military Personnel File reveals a Golden Girl's WWII service history. 

Learn more about the Medal of Honor recipient and Museum friend.  
 

Time uncoils on a Museum travel tour with WWII veterans.

Despite the lack of proper diet and medical supplies, the proliferation of tropical disease, constant enemy bombardments, and the threat of being overrun by a fanatical enemy, American forces held on to “The Island of Death.”

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

Richard Tregaskis’s account of the first seven weeks of fighting is a classic of war literature.