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Caption | US Marine ground crew putting out a fire on a Wildcat fighter, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories | ||||||||||||
Date | Nov 1942 | ||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Thayer Soule Collection | ||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
Photo Size | 1,430 x 1,103 pixels |
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