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NH 97740 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942

Photo #: NH 97740 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
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Title: Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Description: Smoke rises from Tulagi after bombing by U.S. carrier aircraft on 7 August 1942, the day U.S. Marines landed to capture the island. The destroyer at left is either USS Ellet (DD-398) or USS Wilson (DD-408). The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 97740
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