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  2. Guadalcanal campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by the United States, was an Allied offensive against forces of the Empire of Japan in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific Theater of World War II.

  3. Actions along the Matanikau - Wikipedia

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    On 7 August 1942, Allied forces (primarily American) landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida Islands in the Solomon Islands, northeast of Australia.The landings on the islands were meant to deny their use by the Japanese as bases for threatening the supply routes between the U.S. and Australia, and secure the islands as starting points for a campaign with the eventual goal of neutralizing ...

  4. Guadalcanal - Wikipedia

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    American authorities declared Guadalcanal secure on 9 February 1943. The Guadalcanal campaign was a major turning point in the war, as it stopped further Japanese expansion. Two U.S. Navy ships have been named for the campaign: USS Guadalcanal was a World War II escort carrier. USS Guadalcanal was an amphibious assault ship.

  5. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Wikipedia

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    The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, The Battle of Friday the 13th, The Night of the Big Guns, or, in Japanese sources, the Third Battle of the Solomon Sea (第三次ソロモン海戦, Dai-san-ji Soromon Kaisen), took place from 12 to 15 November 1942 and was the decisive engagement in a series of ...

  6. Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle - Wikipedia

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    At issue was how long Fletcher's aircraft carriers would stay in the vicinity of Guadalcanal to provide air cover for Turner's support vessels in Savo Sound. The matter came to a head on D+1 (8 August), after two days of assaults by bombers from the Japanese base at Rabaul. These attacks convinced Fletcher that his crucial aircraft carriers ...

  7. Vilu Military Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was founded by Fred Kona in 1975, [1] who operated the museum until his death in 1994, after which his family took over operations. [1] The museum is open air and contains the remains of Japanese and American aircraft and artillery pieces destroyed during the Guadalcanal campaign of 1942–43, which saw several major battles take ...

  8. Historic Museum Damaged As Earthquake Strikes Puerto Rico - AOL

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    A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico on the morning of Saturday, May 2, causing damage to buildings on the island, including to the Ponce Massacre Museum, a human rights museum and ...

  9. Pedro del Valle - Wikipedia

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    Del Valle was born on August 28, 1893, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, when the island was still under Spanish colonial rule. His father was Dr. Pedro del Valle, who served as inspector general for the colonial government during the Spanish–American War. [1] In 1900, two years after the war, the del Valle family moved to Maryland.