To anyone unfamiliar with the Richard Tregaskis book, the picture version may or may not be a faithful adaptation [by Jerry Cady] of the original. But it is without question a painstaking, dignified ...

In the summer of 1942, during the first seven weeks of fierce fighting between U.S. Marines and the Japanese on Guadalcanal, an island in the Solomons, the Americans were watched over by a young ...

John Archer, 84, a retired film, television and radio actor, whose work included roles in nearly 60 films, died Sunday at home in Redmond, Wash. His roles included appearances in “Guadalcanal Diary ...

Professor Parsons’ Picks is a weekly silent auction sponsored by the Friends of A.K. Smiley Public Library. It features collectible books at a reasonable cost for the seasoned collector and the ...

Guadalcanal Diary (William Bendix, Lloyd Nolan, Preston Foster, Richard Jaeckel; TIME, Nov. 15). The North Star (Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Erich von Stroheim, Anne ...

A colorful, first-hand account of the landing and early stages of the Marine campaign on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Loading... Please enable JavaScript for this site to ...