Solomon Islands Campaign Photographs

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Aerial view of the Munda Point Airfield in New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, 1943	Aerial view of the Segi Point Airfield at the southeastern tip of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands; the airfield was constructed by US Navy 47th Construction Battalion in 1943	Ambulance and medical personnel, New Georgia, 1943	American troops unloading cargo from LCI vessels, Rendova, Solomon Islands, circa Jul 1943

Crashed F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-123 or VMF-124, mid-1943, probably at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal	F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-215 at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943	F4U-1 Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-214 taxiing for take-off at Torokina Airstrip, Bougainville, Solomons, 1943	HMS Victorious at anchor in the Solomons, Jul 1943. This was during the period Victorious was on loan to the US Fleet. Note US F4F Wildcats and TBM Avengers on the flight deck.

Men of USMC 9th Defense Battalion firing their 155mm Gun M1 from Rendova or another nearby island toward New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Jul 1943	Overturned F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-215 at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943	US Army Private Lloyd Culuck of A Company, 1st Battalion, 172nd Division eating a can of Ration B, using the lid as spoon while wearing 12-day-old dirty clothes, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Jul 1943	US Marines wading across a stream, New Georgia, 1943

Captured Japanese coastal defense gun at Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 5 Jul 1943	USS Denver SG radarscope image showing Battle of Kula Gulf situation at 0117 on 6 Jul 1943	USS Helena (left) and USS St. Louis (right) firing during Battle of Kula Gulf in the Solomon Islands, 6 Jul 1943; photo taken from USS Honolulu	US Marine Corps 155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1917 or M1918 howitzer under tow, Rendova, Solomon Islands, 7 Jul 1943

American casualties lying on stretchers aboard a landing craft, awaiting evacuation, Munda Point, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 12 Jul 1943	American night-time naval gunfire against Japanese positions at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 12 Jul 1943	Cruiser USS St. Louis and New Zealand cruiser Leander firing during Battle of Kolombangara, 13 Jul 1943	Two survivors of the sunken Jintsu, dressed in US Navy uniforms, aboard USS Nicholas (DD-449), 13 Jul 1943