The fleet of 13 ships was all that stand between the strategically vital Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and an incoming Japanese fleet. The fleet of 13 ships were all that were left battle ready ...

Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...

By August, his planes were dropping down on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, then a clearing barely big enough for a Fortress to land. Saunders became Airbase Commander, quickly got the field into ...