On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning ...

Because Guadalcanal had the code name “Cactus ... was concluded on Feb. 7—six months to the day after the 1st Marine Division landed at Lunga Point. From that day forward, Japan was ...

General Alexander Vandegrift, commander of the 1st Marine Division, had been fighting the Japanese at Guadalcanal for over four months under less than desirable conditions: they were surrounded by ...

Executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman – the same team who created the acclaimed 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers – The Pacific turns our attention to the actions of the ...