In October 1942, the U.S. Navy confronted the Imperial Japanese Navy off Guadalcanal in the Battle of Cape Esperance. As ...
During the night of March 6, 1943, U.S. destroyers intercepted a Japanese supply force moving through the Blackett Strait.
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.