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USS North Carolina Battle History in World War II
The North Carolina spent 40 months in the Pacific in World War II earning 12 campaign stars. It fought at Guadalcanal Tulagi and the Eastern Solomons, took damage from a torpedo, and endured typhoons and kamikaze attacks while supporting Allied advances from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. Returning to Pearl Harbor then Tokyo Bay, she logged 307000 miles before a victorious homecoming to Boston.
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North Carolina
Wilmington
Washington
Pacific
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Savo Sound
Enterprise
Malaita
Stewart Islands
Solomons
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein
Majuro Atoll
Truk
Marianas
Palau
Yap
Ulithi
Woleai
Satawan
Ponape
Eleventh Star
Fifth Third Fleet
Okinawa Gunto
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Noumea
New Georgia
South China Sea
Third Fleet
Sea Bees
Luzon
5Th Fleet
Tokyo Bay
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Hachijo Jima
Okinawa
U. S
Diamond Head Point
Home
Atlantic
Boston