The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7 ... a succession of naval engagements that cost 48 total warships between U.S. and Japanese forces. Among numerous naval heroes who emerged from ...

Southerland led a division from the USS Saratoga on August 7, 1942 ... the first U.S. Navy aircraft to shoot down an enemy in the Battle of Guadalcanal. It was also one of the first U.S. aircraft ...

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has, along with this book, written Beneath the Southern Cross, also published by Osprey, a history of air operations against Rabaul that included the Guadalcanal campaign, two ...

In August 1942, US South Pacific (SOPAC) command headquarters was still reeling from defeat. At the Battle of Savo, four cruisers were sunk and the rest of the fleet retreated in confusion. Ashore on ...

USS President Jackson under attack during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ... of naval engagements that cost 48 total warships between U.S. and Japanese forces. Among numerous naval heroes ...