American Victory on Guadalcanal during World War II halted the Japanese push toward Australia and put Japan on the defensive for the remainder of the war in the Pacific. By all accounts, it shortened the war by at least a year. MOAA staff member Maj. Dale Robinson, USMC-Ret., recently traveled to the Solomon Islands with a group of military veterans to see firsthand the site of this decisive and historic battle that turned the tide in the Pacific.
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