National WWII Museum Guadalcanal Green Hell Exhibit Palm Jungle New Orleans USA // NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Simulated moonlight filters through a towering palm jungle canopy inside the "Guadalcanal: Green Hell" gallery at the National WWII Museum's Road to Tokyo exhibit. This experiential installation physically recreates the dense, oppressive vegetation American forces encountered during the first major Allied amphibious landing of World War II in August 1942. Utilizing locally built Higgins Industries landing craft to seize a strategic airfield, U.S. Marines initiated a grueling six-month ca

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