USS JARVIS

                                                 9 AUGUST 1942                                                      USS JARVIS The morning of August 7th, 1942, saw the US Marines make their first landings on Japanese held Guadalcanal in the Solomon Island chain.  The enemy counter attacked with airstrikes, the second coming around noon on the Read More

USS MEREDITH, DD-434 (cont.)

                                            15-18 OCTOBER 1942                                      USS MEREDITH, DD-434 (cont.) In ten minutes, all to be seen of MEREDITH was floating debris, life rafts, and the black heads of sailors bobbing in a thick mat of oil.  VIREO (AT-144) escaped the attack almost unscathed, Read More

USS MEREDITH, DD-434

                                            15-18 OCTOBER 1942                                           USS MEREDITH, DD-434 The Gleaves-class destroyer USS MEREDITH (DD-434) was no stranger to the young War.  After a brief stint in the Atlantic, MEREDITH transferred to the Pacific, where in April 1942 she screened HORNET (CV-8) on the Read More