Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip was ploughing his soil by hand when he heard an unusual clunk -- one of the countless ...

The 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz, a key naval clash during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a turning point in the Pacific Theater ...

Decades after World War II, thousands of unexploded bombs remain buried across the Solomon Islands, posing a deadly threat to communities. Activists and NGOs are racing against time to clear the ...

An expedition led by Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) aboard Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has just completed comprehensive archaeological surveys of more than a dozen vessels lost during the World ...

HONIARA, Solomon Islands, Aug. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Exactly 80 years after the end of World War II in the Pacific, Solomon Islands, site of the Battle of Guadalcanal, is still grappling with a ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a direct hit on the bow of the U.S. Navy cruiser. The blast ignited the ship’s ...

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It took 83 years, but PVT Robert J. Budd is finally home. The Marine, who was killed in World War II, in the Guadalcanal ...