The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought...

Guadalcanal Diary is a memoir written by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis and originally published by Random House on January 1, 1943. The book recounts...

capital and largest city, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands...

The Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher (Actenoides bougainvillei excelsus) is a kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae that is endemic to Guadalcanal in...

After building a small brigantine, the surrounding islands of Malaita, Guadalcanal, Makira (which was named San Cristobal) and Choiseul Island were explored...

Playing Fair 500 Educational Video Presentations 51588 The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal 1993 106 0-7922-2468-X National Geographic Explorer Presentation 51589...

II, De La Beckwith enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served as a machine gunner in the Pacific theater. He fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal and...

Star. p. B3. DeVault, Russ (June 20, 1986). "Preview". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. P6. Van Matre, Lynn (19 Sep 1986). "Guadalcanal Diary". Friday...

Juan de Oñate y Salazar (Spanish: [ˈxwan de oˈɲate] ; 1550–1626) was a Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and viceroy of the province of Santa...

Universe: A Framework for Understanding the Holocaust". European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe. 13 (1): 29–34. ISSN 0014-3006. JSTOR 41442658. Richie...

Pacific Area, and led the Allied forces over the course of the Battle for Guadalcanal (1942–1943) and the fighting up the Solomon chain (1942–1945). In 1943...

largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. As of 2021[update], it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is...

of Guadalcanal in November 1942 was the sole exception. The four Kongō-class ships performed shore bombardment in Malaya, Singapore, and Guadalcanal and...

throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations especially at the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force. By the end of the war, its 140 air-to-air...

2016. En Euzkera se dio la orden del desembarco de Guadalcanal, Ramón de Arrieta, Euzko Deya. La Voz de los Vascos en México 149 (November 1952), p. 22...

DeRita, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of The Three Stooges in the persona of Curly Joe DeRita. DeRita...

Southwest Pacific. From 7–9 August, she supported the initial landings on Guadalcanal and others of the Solomon Islands, beginning the second US counter-offensive...

They provided logistical support to the Allied war effort during the Guadalcanal Campaign. The mass participation of Ni-Vanuatu men in the Labor Corps...

Naval Institute opined that the ships should be named Gallipoli and Guadalcanal; the first reflecting the landings at Gallipoli, one of the first amphibious...

several islands, including Tulagi and Guadalcanal, before they were halted by further events leading to the Guadalcanal Campaign. This campaign also converged...

Japanese airfield under construction at Guadalcanal. On 7 August 1942, 16,000 US Marines landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomons. Vice Admiral...

when struck in the head by a falling coconut near Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. On 26 August 1952, a seven-month-old baby died when she was struck in...

enemy corpses to hatred and desire for vengeance: On the second day of Guadalcanal we captured a big Jap bivouac with all kinds of beer and supplies .....

1942". Vulcan: The Journal of the History of Military Technology. 9 (1): 84–117. doi:10.1163/22134603-09010005. "Chapter XII – Guadalcanal – NZETC". nzetc...

coast of Río de Oro, only 800 yards (700 m) from Chatelain's starboard bow. The escorts immediately moved towards the contact, while Guadalcanal moved away...

wādī was used to mean a permanent river,[citation needed] for example: Guadalcanal from wādī al-qanāl (Arabic: وَادِي الْقَنَال, "river of refreshment stalls")...

Minery in 1822, and supervised the modern mining of the mines in Almadén, Guadalcanal, and Río Tinto. After falling from his ministry, he was appointed yet...

before engaging American forces at the Battle of Midway and during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Throughout 1943, Kongō primarily remained at Truk Lagoon in...

2004. Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Océanie, Titre V, Dispositions générales, p. 43, [2][permanent dead link] p. 3. Libération de Paris:...

The Marine Corps Early Warning Detachment, Guadalcanal (1942–43) was a ground based early-warning radar detachment that provided long range detection...