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Photo #: 80-G-13539 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942 A U.S. destroyer steams up what later became known as "Iron Bottom Sound", the body of water between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, during landings on both islands, 7 August 1942. Savo Island is in the center distance and Cape Esperance, on Guadalcanal, is at the left. Photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54) from a location approximately due east from the northern tip of Savo Island. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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