After training, Phillips was assigned to H Company, 2nd Battalion ... including the Battle of the Tenaru. Phillips and his unit were taken off Guadalcanal on December 22, 1942 and eventually ...

whom had just invaded Guadalcanal two days before. A US Navy strategical and tactical analysis of the battle, which was published in 1950, praised the commanding Japanese admiral, Gunichi Mikawa ...

Two months after the U.S. defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the U.S. Marines kicked off their Pacific ...

Staros, and Jared Leto as 2nd Lt. Whyte. The Thin Red Line (1998 ... about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an ...

Every day starts a new story. The brutal battle for Okinawa lasted three months. By comparison it took six months to secure ...