The Battle of Savo Island, a crushing World War II naval defeat for the Allies, ended on August 9, 1942. After the guns fell silent, the Japanese Navy would sink four Allied heavy cruisers ...

Herewith is a summary of the five naval battles which have been fought off the Solomons since the initial attack on Tulagi: Battle of Savo Island. On the night of Aug. 8-9, the Japs caught a U.S ...

Charles Jackson French was a member of the US Navy during Second World War He ... of the USS Gregory were patrolling the area between Savo Island and Guadalcanal in the Soloman Islands in the ...