Many people in the community know Howard Smith as a former Amarillo city councilmember or long-time realtor, but Smith is ...

At dawn on August 7, 1942, thousands of young, fierce, and tenacious American patriots stormed the shores of Red Beach, commencing the epic Battle of Guadalcanal—a roaring display of American might ...

"A Warner/Madison Press Book." LOST SHIPS OF GUADALCANAL BY ROBERT D BALLARD WITH RICK ARCHBOLD CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL MCCOY UNDERWATER PAINTINGS BY KEN MARSCHALL ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a direct hit on the bow of the U.S. Navy cruiser. The blast ignited the ship’s ...