| Caption | American surveying Lunga Point Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 ww2dbase | |||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps | |||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 11 Aug 1942 | |||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories | |||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||
| Added Date | 11 Aug 2018 | |||||||||
| 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". |
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories |
| Lat/Long | -9.4280, 160.0548 |
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