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Makeshift defensive structure built by US Marines due to barbed wire shortage, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942Smoke rising from a crashed Japanese aircraft, off Guadalcanal, late 1942; photo taken from transport Crescent City
Makeshift defensive structure built by US Marines due to barbed wire shortage, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942Smoke rising from a crashed Japanese aircraft, off Guadalcanal, late 1942; photo taken from transport Crescent City
Tenaru River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942US Army Jeeps driving up Wright Road toward the area of the Japanese Gifu strongpoint on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942.
Tenaru River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942US Army Jeeps driving up Wright Road toward the area of the Japanese Gifu strongpoint on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942.
US Marine aviators Major John Smith, Major Robert Galer, and Captain Marion Carl having just received Navy Cross medals, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position over a Matanikao River crossing, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942
US Marine aviators Major John Smith, Major Robert Galer, and Captain Marion Carl having just received Navy Cross medals, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position over a Matanikao River crossing, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942
US Marines crossing Lunga River, Guadalcanal, late 1942US Marines evacuating a wounded comrade, near Kokumbona River, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942
US Marines crossing Lunga River, Guadalcanal, late 1942US Marines evacuating a wounded comrade, near Kokumbona River, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942
Clifton Cates with battalion commanders of US 1st Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 Oct 1942Abandoned Japanese Type 94 37mm anti-tank gun, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942
Clifton Cates with battalion commanders of US 1st Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 Oct 1942Abandoned Japanese Type 94 37mm anti-tank gun, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942
LGen Thomas Holcomb (left front), Col Merritt Edson (right rear), and MGen Alexander Vandegrift touring Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942Men of US Marine Corps 3rd Defense Battalion operating a 90mm M2 Anti-Aircraft Gun, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942
LGen Thomas Holcomb (left front), Col Merritt Edson (right rear), and MGen Alexander Vandegrift touring Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942Men of US Marine Corps 3rd Defense Battalion operating a 90mm M2 Anti-Aircraft Gun, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942
TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942
TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942TBF-1 Avenger of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 at Guadalcanal, 1942
Temporary grave of a fallen US Marine, Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Oct-Nov 1942United States Coast Guard landing craft and barges delivering supplies to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, late 1942
Temporary grave of a fallen US Marine, Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Oct-Nov 1942United States Coast Guard landing craft and barges delivering supplies to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, late 1942
US Army Air Force B-17s overfly US Marine and US Navy F4F or FM-2 Wildcat aircraft at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942US Marine aircraft mechanic at work, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942
US Army Air Force B-17s overfly US Marine and US Navy F4F or FM-2 Wildcat aircraft at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942US Marine aircraft mechanic at work, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942
US Marine ground crew putting out a fire on a Wildcat fighter, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942President Jackson maneuvered under Japanese attack, San Francisco at right center, 12 Nov 1942
US Marine ground crew putting out a fire on a Wildcat fighter, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942President Jackson maneuvered under Japanese attack, San Francisco at right center, 12 Nov 1942

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