An American destroyer underway near Savo Island (background) and Cape Esperance of Guadalcanal (left edge of the photograph), Savo Sound, 7 Aug 1942Covenanter tanks passing through the village of Stockton in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 7 Aug 1942Crew aboard Enterprise loaded a 500 lb demolition bomb on a SBD scout bomber for strike on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 7 Aug 1942HMAS Canberra and three Allied transports off Tulagi island (closer in background) and Florida island (further in background) during landing operations, 7-8 Aug 1942
An American destroyer underway near Savo Island (background) and Cape Esperance of Guadalcanal (left edge of the photograph), Savo Sound, 7 Aug 1942Covenanter tanks passing through the village of Stockton in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 7 Aug 1942Crew aboard Enterprise loaded a 500 lb demolition bomb on a SBD scout bomber for strike on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 7 Aug 1942HMAS Canberra and three Allied transports off Tulagi island (closer in background) and Florida island (further in background) during landing operations, 7-8 Aug 1942
Japanese facilities afire, Tanambogo Island, east of Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942Light cruiser USS Nashville bombarding Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 7 Aug 1942M2A4 Stuart tank being hoisted from USS Alchiba into a LCM(2) landing craft, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942Sherman and Noyes on Wasp
Japanese facilities afire, Tanambogo Island, east of Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942Light cruiser USS Nashville bombarding Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 7 Aug 1942M2A4 Stuart tank being hoisted from USS Alchiba into a LCM(2) landing craft, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942Sherman and Noyes on Wasp's port bridge wing off Guadalcanal, 7 Aug 1942
Track chart from the shelling of Kiska Island by the cruiser USS St. Louis, 7 Aug 1942.USS Saratoga (foreground) and USS Enterprise (background) underway in the Solomon Islands, Aug 1942
Track chart from the shelling of Kiska Island by the cruiser USS St. Louis, 7 Aug 1942.USS Saratoga (foreground) and USS Enterprise (background) underway in the Solomon Islands, Aug 1942


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