Movies and TvShows featuring "battle-of-guadalcanal" theme.

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 point of WWII. This film documents the experiences of 1st Marine Division veterans who took part in the historic fight.

Successful but costly invasions of the Japanese-held islands of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan, in the Mariannas chain.

A team of scuba divers travels to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to dive the wreck of the USS Atlanta, which was destroyed and sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal during WWII. The story of the diving expedition is interweaved with accounts by USS Atlanta veterans, historians, and archival footage and photographs.