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During World War II, NORTH CAROLINA participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific area of operations and earned 15 battle stars - more battle stars than any other United States battleship during the war.  

 

Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
7-9 August 1942  
 
Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal
16 August 1942 - 8 February 1943  
 
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
23-24 August 1942  
 
New Georgia Group Operations: New Guinea, Rendova, Vangunu Invasion
30 June - 31 August 1943  
 
Gilbert Islands Operation: Tarawa and Makin
19 November - 8 December 1943  
 
Bismark Archipelago Operations Kavieng Strike
25 December 1943  
 
Marshall islands Operation: Invasion of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls
29 January - 8 February 1944  
 
Task Force Strikes: Truk, 16-17 February 1944  
Marianas, 21-22 February 1944  
Palau, Yap, Ulithi and Woleai, 30 March - 1 April 1944  
Truk, Satawan and Ponape, 29 April - 1 March 1944  
 
Western New Guinea Operations: 
Hollandia 21-24 April 1944  
 
Marianas Operation:  
Invasion of Saipan, 11-24 June 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19-20 June 1944  
 
Leyte Operation:
Attacks on Luzon
13-14, 19-25 November 1944; 14-16 December 1944  
 
Luzon Operation:  
Luzon, 6-7 January 1945  
Formosa, 3-4, 9, 15, 21 January 1945  
China Coast, 12, 16 January 1945  
Nansei Shoto, 22 January 1945  
 

Iwo Jima Operation:
Invasion of Iwo Jima, 5 February, 1 March 1945  
Fifth and Third Fleet raids on Honshu and Nansei Shoto, 
15-16 February, 25 February - 1 March 1945  

 
Okinawa Invasion:
17 March - 27 April 1945  
 
Third Fleet Operations: 
Bombardment and Air Strikes on Japanese Home Islands
10 July - 15 August 1945  


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