Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

Both Norman Scott and Daniel J. Callaghan would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the intense ...

Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

His aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, was one of three tasked with providing air support for the assault on the Solomons and protecting the Navy ships massed off Guadalcanal and Tulagi.

USS President Jackson under attack during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In the center background, smoke rises after an Japanese plane crashed into the superstructure of USS San Francisco.

USS San Francisco (CA-38 ... Unnoticed by the Allies, the troop transport ships he was protecting reached Guadalcanal unmolested, but Scott’s tactical success over Goto directly avenged Savo ...