Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, left, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, and Maj. Rich Mackenzie, infantry officer with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, hike to Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 9, 2017. The tour was used to teach the Marines about Alligator Creek and the Battle of Guadalcanal, which took place from Aug. 7, 1942 to Feb. 9, 1943. (U.S.......
Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, discusses the tactics used during the Battle of Guadalcanal during a tour of Bloody Ridge in Guadalcanal, Solomon Island, Aug. 9, 2017. The tour was used to teach the Marines about Bloody Ridge and the Battle of Guadalcanal, which took place from Aug. 7, 1942 to Feb. 9, 1943. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt.......
Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, hikes to Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone's fighting hole during a tour of Bloody Ridge in Guadalcanal, Solomon Island, Aug. 9, 2017. Aug. 7, marked the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Guadalcanal, codenamed Operation Watchtower. The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive......
Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, arrives at Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone's fighting hole during a tour of Bloody Ridge in Guadalcanal, Solomon Island, Aug. 9, 2017. Aug. 7, marked the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Guadalcanal, codenamed Operation Watchtower. The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive......
Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, tours the site of Bloody Ridge in Guadalcanal, Solomon Island, Aug. 9, 2017. The tour was used to teach the Marines about Bloody Ridge and the Battle of Guadalcanal, which took place from Aug. 7, 1942 to Feb. 9, 1943. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm)...
Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Rich Mackenzie, left, infantry officer with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, talks to Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, about Gen. Alexander Vandergrift's headquarters during a tour of Bloody Ridge in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 9, 2017. The tour was used to teach the Marines about Bloody Ridge and the Battle of Guadalcanal, which......
Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Evan Staat, an artillery electronics technician with 11th Marine Regiment, looks at a canteen left behind from the Battle of Guadalcanal on Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 9, 2017. The tour was used to teach the Marines about Bloody Ridge and the Battle of Guadalcanal, which took place from Aug. 7, 1942 to Feb. 9, 1943. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt.......
Photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 08.09.2017
U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division walk to Alligator Creek in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 9, 2017. The tour was used to teach the Marines about Alligator Creek and the Battle of Guadalcanal, which took place from Aug. 7, 1942 to Feb. 9, 1943. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Wesley Timm)...
