255K views · 9.1K reactions | 75 years ago today, the Battle of Guadalcanal began. Marines led the first major offensive by Allied forces in the Pacific Campaign. | U.S. Marine Corps | Facebook

How the US Won the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal | Battle 360

33K views · 1.4K reactions | By the end of 1942 the tide of the war in the Pacific is turning. Guadalcanal and the island hopping campaigns shift the balance as the Allies advance toward victory over Japan. We explore the aftershocks of the Second World War as new leaders applied jungle warfare tactics to new struggles for independence in the Malayan Emergency and the First Indochina War. #WW2 #PacificWar #MilitaryHistory | War Stories | Facebook

To boost public morale, "Guadalcanal Diary" (1943) was released within 10 months of the end of the battle. The Marines, Navy, Army and Coast Guard all assisted in the production. The movie was mostly shot at Camp Pendleton, and several Marines were given minor speaking roles. To learn more about the Hollywood-Pentagon relationship, join the U.S. Naval Institute and United States Naval Academy for the conference "Through the Camera Lens: Sharing the Story of the U.S. Military" on Oct 20-21: https