In August 1942, during the early days of the Guadalcanal campaign, U.S. Marines faced their first major ground battle against the Imperial Japanese Army at the Tenaru River. Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki led ...
On March 2, 1945, the 5th Marine Division was embroiled in the battle for Hill 362. The division would fight on Iwo Jima ...
No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the history of ...
In the summer of 1942, the remote island of Guadalcanal suddenly became one of the most important battlegrounds of the Pacific War. Both the United States and Imperial Japan recognized its strategic ...