Guadalcanal Campaign Photographs | World War II Database

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British Solomon Islands scouts with Capt Martin Clemons on Guadalcanal, 1942	M3A1 light tank of the United States Marine Corps at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	Henderson Field, seen from USS Saratoga aircraft in Aug 1942	SBD destroyed in an air attack on Henderson Field, 1942

Astoria off Tulagi during the American invasion, 6 Aug 1942	Canberra off Tulagi during landings, 7-8 Aug 1942	Crew aboard Enterprise loaded a 500 lb demolition bomb on a SBD scout bomber for strike on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 7 Aug 1942	Ellet and Australia maneuvered between Tulagi and Guadalcanal, 8 Aug 1942

Ellet's crew observed a downed Japanese Navy Type 1 attack plane, 8 Aug 1942	Japanese G4M aircraft making a torpedo run against the American Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion force, 8 Aug 1942	Chicago maneuvered off Tulagi, 9 Aug 1942, as seen from destroyer Ellet	Quincy illuminated by Japanese searchlights during Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug 1942

USS Blue and USS Patternson removing the crew from the fatally damaged Canberra 9 Aug 1942	Chicago of Guadalcanal the day after Battle of Savo Island, with crewmen cutting away torpedo-damaged plating to enable the ship to get underway, 10 Aug 1942	US Marines resting in the field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, circa Aug-Dec 1942; note Springfield M1903 rifles and a Browning Automatic Rifle gunner on far right	Machinist Donald Runyon posing at the tail of his Wildcat during the Guadalcanal campaign, 10 Sep 1942

Destroyer O'Brien torpedoed by submarine while Wasp burned in background, 15 Sep 1942	Wasp burning and listing after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific, 15 Sep 1942	Destroyer sailed between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, Savo Island in distance, circa late 1942	Map depicting the Guadalcanal Campaign, 7-8 Aug, 12-14 Sep, and 23-26 Oct 1942