Criteria The Purple Heart may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the Armed Forces, has been wounded, kill... The Purple Heart may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the Armed Forces, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may die of wounds received in armed combat or as a result of an act of international terrorism. MoreHide
Comments Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a membe... Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a member of the crew of the USS Atlanta, he served in the Asiatic-Pacific and Pacific areas and saw action as lookout at Midway in June, 1942, and Guadalcanal in Aug. 1942. He was awarded the Purple Heart and a Presidential unit citation. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Castaneda of Santa Ana, he attended Irvine grammar school and was graduated from Tustin Union High School in 1941. He entered Navy service Mar. 2, 1942, and received training at San Diego and on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. MoreHide
Criteria The Combat Action Ribbon is a personal decoration awarded to members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (when operating under the control of the Navy) in the grade of captain (or colonel in th... The Combat Action Ribbon is a personal decoration awarded to members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (when operating under the control of the Navy) in the grade of captain (or colonel in the Marine Corps) and below who have actively participated in ground or surface combat. MoreHide
Criteria The Presidential Unit Citation may be awarded to units of the Armed Forces of the United States and cobelligerent nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy occurring on or aft... The Presidential Unit Citation may be awarded to units of the Armed Forces of the United States and cobelligerent nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy occurring on or after December 7, 1941. MoreHide
Description Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a membe... Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a member of the crew of the USS Atlanta, he served in the Asiatic-Pacific and Pacific areas and saw action as lookout at Midway in June, 1942, and Guadalcanal in Aug. 1942. He was awarded the Purple Heart and a Presidential unit citation. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Castaneda of Santa Ana, he attended Irvine grammar school and was graduated from Tustin Union High School in 1941. He entered Navy service Mar. 2, 1942, and received training at San Diego and on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. MoreHide
Criteria The American Campaign Medal was awarded for For thirty days service outside the Continental United States but within the American Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946; or,... The American Campaign Medal was awarded for For thirty days service outside the Continental United States but within the American Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946; or, an aggregate service of one year within the Continental United States during the same period under the following circumstances: On permanent assignment outside the continental limits of the United States; or, On permanent assignment as a member of a crew of a vessel sailing ocean waters for a period of 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service outside the continental limits of the United States in a passenger status or on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 non consecutive days; or, For service in active combat against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat; or, For service within the continental limits of the United States for an aggregate period of one year. MoreHide
Criteria The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following condi... The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following conditions: On permanent assignment within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; or, For service in a passenger status or on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service in active combat in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat. MoreHide
Description Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a membe... Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a member of the crew of the USS Atlanta, he served in the Asiatic-Pacific and Pacific areas and saw action as lookout at Midway in June, 1942, and Guadalcanal in Aug. 1942. He was awarded the Purple Heart and a Presidential unit citation. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Castaneda of Santa Ana, he attended Irvine grammar school and was graduated from Tustin Union High School in 1941. He entered Navy service Mar. 2, 1942, and received training at San Diego and on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. MoreHide
Criteria The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following condi... The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following conditions: On permanent assignment within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; or, For service in a passenger status or on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service in active combat in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat. MoreHide
Description Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a membe... Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a member of the crew of the USS Atlanta, he served in the Asiatic-Pacific and Pacific areas and saw action as lookout at Midway in June, 1942, and Guadalcanal in Aug. 1942. He was awarded the Purple Heart and a Presidential unit citation. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Castaneda of Santa Ana, he attended Irvine grammar school and was graduated from Tustin Union High School in 1941. He entered Navy service Mar. 2, 1942, and received training at San Diego and on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. MoreHide
Criteria The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following condi... The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following conditions: On permanent assignment within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; or, For service in a passenger status or on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service in active combat in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat. MoreHide
Description Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a membe... Guadalupe Castaneda
Seaman First Class
Died, of wounds received in the Savo Island battle Nov. 13, 1942
He lost his life a few days after he was wounded. He was buried in Guadalcanal Cemetery. As a member of the crew of the USS Atlanta, he served in the Asiatic-Pacific and Pacific areas and saw action as lookout at Midway in June, 1942, and Guadalcanal in Aug. 1942. He was awarded the Purple Heart and a Presidential unit citation. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Castaneda of Santa Ana, he attended Irvine grammar school and was graduated from Tustin Union High School in 1941. He entered Navy service Mar. 2, 1942, and received training at San Diego and on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. MoreHide
Description The Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, The Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy (USN), under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo on Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet. Military historian John Keegan called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare." It was Japan's first naval defeat since the Battle of Shimonoseki Straits in 1863.
The Japanese operation, like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor, sought to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific, thereby giving Japan a free hand in establishing its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The Japanese hoped that another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the Pacific.
The Japanese plan was to lure the United States' aircraft carriers into a trap. The Japanese also intended to occupy Midway as part of an overall plan to extend their defensive perimeter in response to the Doolittle air raid on Tokyo. This operation was also considered preparatory for further attacks against Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii itself.
The plan was handicapped by faulty Japanese assumptions of the American reaction and poor initial dispositions.Most significantly, American codebreakers were able to determine the date and location of the attack, enabling the forewarned U.S. Navy to set up an ambush of its own. Four Japanese aircraft carriers—Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu, all part of the six-carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor six months earlier—and a heavy cruiser were sunk at a cost of one American aircraft carrier and a destroyer. After Midway and the exhausting attrition of the Solomon Islands campaign, Japan's shipbuilding and pilot training programs were unable to keep pace in replacing their losses, while the U.S. steadily increased its output in both areas.... More
Description The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine) grThe Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine) ground forces. It took place from 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign.
In the battle, U.S. Marines, under the overall command of U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift, successfully landed and captured the islands of Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo among which the Japanese Navy had constructed a naval and seaplane base. The landings were fiercely resisted by the Japanese Navy troops who, outnumbered and outgunned by the Allied forces, fought and died almost to the last man.
At the same time that the landings on Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo were taking place, Allied troops were also landing on nearby Guadalcanal, with the objective of capturing an airfield under construction by Japanese forces. In contrast to the intense fighting on Tulagi and Gavutu, the landings on Guadalcanal were essentially unopposed. The landings on both Tulagi and Guadalcanal initiated the six-month long Guadalcanal campaign and a series of combined-arms battles between Allied and Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands area.... More
Description The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and, in Japanese sources, as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea took place on 24–25 August 1942, and was thThe naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and, in Japanese sources, as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea took place on 24–25 August 1942, and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign. As at the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, the ships of the two adversaries were never within sight of each other. Instead, all attacks were carried out by carrier-based or land-based aircraft.
After several damaging air attacks, the naval surface combatants from both America and Japan withdrew from the battle area without either side securing a clear victory. However, the U.S. and its allies gained tactical and strategic advantage. Japan's losses were greater and included dozens of aircraft and their experienced aircrews. Also, Japanese reinforcements intended for Guadalcanal were delayed and eventually delivered by warships rather than transport ships, giving the Allies more time to prepare for the Japanese counteroffensive and preventing the Japanese from landing heavy artillery, ammunition, and other supplies.... More
