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NH 97747 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942

Photo #: NH 97747 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
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Title: Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Description: Tanambogo Island under bombardment by Allied ships and U.S. carrier aircraft on 7 August 1942. Causeway links Tanambogo with Gavutu Island, part of which is visible in the lower left. Photographed from a Navy plane, this view looks about northwest. 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 97747
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