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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-14053 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942 Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighters prepare to take off from USS Wasp (CV-7) on 7 August 1942, the first day of landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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15 November 2001