Blogs about: Guadalcanal

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Battlefield 1943 // weapons at the ready

gameprefuse wrote 1 day ago: Battlefield 1943 is an upcoming World War II first-person shooter video game developed by EA Digital … more →

Tags: Games, New games, Online, PC, Playstation 3, xbox 360, 1943, 43 million kills, Battlefield

EA/DICE: Battlefield 1943 [XBL/PSN]

elmundotech wrote 4 days ago: From/De: EA Fight on Land, Sea or Air in Battlefield 1943 on July 9 Kick Off Summer With the Must-Ha … more →

Tags: Juegos/Games, Press Releases/Notas de Prensa, Battlefield 1943, combate aéreo, Coral sea, Dice, dogfight, Electronic Arts, FPS

Rainy Days on Mondays and Tuesdays Always Get Me Down...Especially on Game Night

padresteve wrote 2 months ago: Last night was a disappointment.  We had our second rain out of the year at Harbor Park.  I got to t … more →

Tags: Baseball, military, Religion, History, Iraq/Afghanistan, Beer, Vietnam, iraq, Harbor Park

Battlefield 1943 Priced, Hitting Consoles First

Yosuan wrote 2 months ago: by Chris Faylor DICE’s downloadable 24-person multiplayer shooter Battlefield 1943 will arr … more →

Tags: Video Games, Gaming, EA, wake island, Dice, technology, Battlefield 1943, Xbox Live Marketplace, Playstation Store

Band of Brothers, Part Deux

educlaytion wrote 3 months ago: With the opening fifteen minutes to Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg altered cinematic portrayal … more →

Tags: Movies, pop culture, Band of Brothers, Japan, Spielberg, The Pacific, Tom Hanks, World War 2

March Volunteer Profile - Dick Whitaker1 comment

cv10navalaviator wrote 4 months ago: Our March volunteer profile is on PFC (Private First Class) Dick Whitaker. Upon his graduation from … more →

Tags: news and events, Okinawa, 6th Marines, Parris Island, camp lejeune, United States Marine Corps history, Saugerites, New York, Fox Company

What’s Next for Advertising? - Part One

engagenps wrote 4 months ago: Recently, I was watching a History Channel production recounting the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islan … more →

Tags: NPS Blog, 3D Animation, advertising, Alameda, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Brian McMahon, CV-8, History Channel, National Podcasting System

Guadalcanal: Three Views of Victory

Joel wrote 4 months ago: In January of 1942, when Southeast East and the Pacific were collapsing under the weight of o … more →

Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pacific, 1943, Solomon Islands, General Alexander Patch

Yosuan wrote 5 months ago: by Maarten Goldstein Electronic Arts studio DICE today confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 … more →

Tags: Video Games, Gaming, screenshots, wake island, Dice, Electronic Arts, technology, xbox 360, Playstation 3

From the Greatest Generation to the Latest Generation

americanveteranscenter wrote 5 months ago: Veteran of Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal Gene McGuire shared his story with fifth graders in Bluffton … more →

Tags: wwii, Preserving Their Legacy, The Silver Star, Pearl Harbor, South Carolina

Guadalcanal Victory in Sight

Joel wrote 5 months ago: I’ve really enjoyed writing about the Battle of Guadalcanal.  As the first real offensi … more →

Tags: Pacific, World War II (1939-1945), 1943, galloping horse, Gifu, sea horse, Solomon Islands

Bill Bryson, William Least-Heat Moon, W.E.B. Grffin, Ansel Adams, St. Thoma Aquinas, and Me

Ron Meyer wrote 5 months ago: Wouldn’t it be nice?  No, not the Beach Boys song, but wouldn’t it be nice to simply explore all tha … more →

Tags: January 2009, St Andrews, Bill Bryson, William Least Heat-Moon, W.E.B. Griffin, ansel adams, St Thomas Aquinas, normandy

Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone

thehim wrote 5 months ago: Profiles In Extreme Manliness Sgt. John taking the fight to the enemy Gunnery Sergeant John Bas … more →

Tags: Manliness, basilone, Iwo Jima, John, marine corps, Marines, seargent, SGT, wwii

"He Who Fights and Runs Away..."

Joel wrote 5 months ago: The fight for the island of Guadalcanal had entered its sixth month, but the situation was va … more →

Tags: Pacific, World War II (1939-1945), 1943, General Alexander Patch, Operation Ke, Solomon Islands

Wizards of the Coast Axis and Allies Guadalcanal

bigbigbang wrote 6 months ago: Axis and Allies: Guadalcanal challenges you to control sea zones and island groups while managing tr … more →

Tags: carlson s raiders, wake island

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Joel wrote 6 months ago: …and on Guadalcanal Japanese were still shooting At us and our pals The Gifu we’d … more →

Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pacific, 1942, Solomon Islands, Gifu, Mount Austen

The Long (Lance) Arm of the Law

Joel wrote 7 months ago: By the end of November, the Battle of Guadalcanal was beginning to turn in favor of the U.S. … more →

Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pacific, 1942, Solomon Islands, Battle of Tassafaronga Point, Admiral Raizo Tanaka, Long Lance Torpedo, USS Northampton

The Momentum Shifts at Guadalcanal

Joel wrote 7 months ago: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, which we first discussed the other day, ended in the early m … more →

Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pacific, 1942, Solomon Islands, Henderson Field, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, USS Washington, Admiral William Halsey

"A Barroom Brawl With the Lights Out"

Joel wrote 7 months ago: After more than 3 months, I’ve nearly finished my second reading of Richard Frank … more →

Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pacific, 1942, Solomon Islands, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Iron Bottom Sound, USS Juneau, Sullivan Brothers, Long Lance Torpedo