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.”

Richard Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, explores the strategies by the Japanese occupiers and American invaders during the Battle of Guadalcanal. 

As the premiere episode of the new PBS documentary miniseries shows, America’s involvement in Vietnam can be tracked back to World War II.

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

The past, present, and future of The National WWII Museum's collection of oral histories. 

A visit to grandpa's Road to Victory Brick highlights a day at the Museum.  

Alone, the bell is a small gift. But in the context of a global, world-changing moment, it becomes invaluable.

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

Nicknamed the “Long Lance” by naval historian Samuel Eliot Morrison, the Japanese Type 93 was the best torpedo of World War II. This gyroscope helped keep it on target.

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

Tour Road to Tokyo's Guadalcanal gallery with Keith Huxen, PhD, Senior Director of Research and History in the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. 

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