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1944 United States Army map of New Georgia and Rendova Islands with a portion of the Solomon Sea in the Solomon Islands.

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Caption     1944 United States Army map of New Georgia and Rendova Islands with a portion of the Solomon Sea in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name New Georgia, Solomon Islands, British Western Pacific Territories
Date  1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army via the University of Texas
Identification Code   SC 57-1
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 3,474 x 3,832 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
26 Dec 2020 08:50:44 PM

Just about dead-center in this map is the location where the Japanese Furutaka-class Heavy Cruiser Kinugasa was sunk on 14 Nov 1942 by planes based at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and by carrier planes from USS Enterprise as Kinugasa was withdrawing from a bombardment of Guadalcanal.

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New Georgia, Solomon Islands, British Western Pacific Territories

Latitude-Longitude:
-9.1490, 157.0476

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