Marine Gen. Alexander Archer “Sunny Jim” Vandegrift Aug. 7, 1942:  Exactly eight months to the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, elements of the soon-to-be-famous 1st Marine Division – under the command of Maj. Gen. Alexander Archer “Sunny Jim” Vandegrift, a future Marine Corps commandant, begin landing on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon islands, … Continue reading This Week in American Military History