The Battle of Savo Island, a crushing World War II naval defeat for the Allies, ended on August 9, 1942. After the guns fell silent, the Japanese Navy would sink four Allied heavy cruisers, kill 1,077 ...
On the night of Aug. 8, 1942, a young U.S. sailor named Ernie Coleman dove into the flame-engulfed waters of the South Pacific off Savo Island in a desperate attempt to save his life. Coleman had been ...
In the dead of night, August, 1942, Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa led the Japanese Eighth Fleet toward Savo Island, relying on human lookouts and spotter planes. He was fully aware of the nearby Allied ...
Winston B. Lewis authored the account of the Battle of Savo Island, while Henry A. Mustin authored the description to the Battle of the Eastern Solomons which the Office of Naval Intelligence ...
National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...
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