National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

While some of the wrecks were first located over 30 years ago, the latest expedition allowed for a far more detailed and comprehensive survey, thanks to cutting-edge imaging technology, researchers ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was sunk in a famous battle of World War II in the South Pacific. American patrol boats sunk the ship Dec. 12, 1942, ...

Modern-day Marines paid tribute this month at the site where their predecessors launched the first major U.S. ground offensive against Imperial Japan in World War II. Members of Marine Rotational ...

At dawn on August 7, 1942, thousands of young, fierce, and tenacious American patriots stormed the shores of Red Beach, commencing the epic Battle of Guadalcanal—a roaring display of American might ...

Two months after the U.S. defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the U.S. Marines kicked off their Pacific island-hopping campaign. Their first target was Guadalcanal, an island some ...

The Guadalcanal campaign was one of the Pacific War’s most grueling and prolonged battles, costing both the United States and Japan dearly. Though seemingly minor, the island held critical strategic ...

"A Warner/Madison Press Book." LOST SHIPS OF GUADALCANAL BY ROBERT D BALLARD WITH RICK ARCHBOLD CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL MCCOY UNDERWATER PAINTINGS BY KEN MARSCHALL ...

Taylor Swift had always wanted to write a song to honor the military service of a man who died a few months before her ninth birthday. Archie Dean Swift Jr., who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during ...

A U.S. Marine Corps honor guard carries the casket of Pvt. Charmning W. Rowe, a Marine killed during the battle of Guadalcanal. (Staff Sgt. Ethan M. LeBlanc/Marine Corps) Following a decade-long ...

Per original caption: "Clothes, sheets and tents become limp and soggy with moisture. The nauseating order of pungent mildew permeates everything. … Every man’s spirit goes into a tailspin. (U.S.

A new ocean expedition in the South Pacific has revealed striking new images of more than a dozen ships sunk during key World War II battles. Researchers on the Ocean Exploration Trust vessel Nautilus ...