In the opening days of August 1942, a B-17 was flown over Guadalcanal and saw that the Japanese had nearly completed an ...

The Navy's newest destroyer the USS John Basilone takes its name from the Medal of Honor recipient and hero of the Battle of ...

Yesterday, they celebrated the opening of a new multi-million-dollar bridge at Tinahulu. It was constructed by Wanguo ...

The following year, an allied counteroffensive ejected the invaders from Guadalcanal and was considered a major turning point ...

The future USS John Basilone may not have officially joined the Navy’s surface fleet just yet, but the warship is apparently ...

The Alexander Coeur family first came to Humboldt in the 1880s, and started the Freshwater Store in 1894. Harold Coeur, a ...

Basilone’s actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 earned him the Medal of Honor, while his valor during the battle ...

Also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Guadalcanal Campaign saw the United States Marine Corps battle the Japanese beginning on August 7, 1942.

The USS North Carolina (BB-55), the first of the North Carolina-class fast battleships, played a pivotal role in WWII, ...

The decision to have the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the late Senator John C. Stennis of ...

The nuclear submarine will be the third ship to bear the Long Island name in U.S. Navy history — the first since the escort ...