by usssanfran | May 11, 2017 | Feature
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN (center) (Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas) on board USS San Francisco (CA 38) to visit the two senior ship’s officers who had survived the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-13 November 1942. Photographed at...
by usssanfran | May 10, 2017 | Feature, Foundation News
Sunday, May 28th, 2017 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm A turning point in the Battle for the Pacific, Guadalcanal marked the end of the southern march of Imperial Japanese forces towards the resource rich continent of Australia. This was a hard-fought campaign with great...
