In the dead of night, August, 1942, Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa led the Japanese Eighth Fleet toward Savo Island, relying on ...
On the night of Aug. 9, 1942, an Allied fleet of 17 warships guarded the approaches to Guadalcanal. The fleet was newer, larger, and better equipped than the Japanese force bearing down on it. It had ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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