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| Canberra off Tulagi during landings, 7-8 Aug 1942 | Covenanter tanks passing through the village of Stockton in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 7 Aug 1942 |
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| Crew aboard Enterprise loaded a 500 lb demolition bomb on a SBD scout bomber for strike on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 7 Aug 1942 | Japanese facilities afire, Tanambogo Island, east of Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942 |
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| Light cruiser USS Nashville bombarding Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 7 Aug 1942 | M2A4 Stuart tank being hoisted from USS Alchiba into a LCM(2) landing craft, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942 |
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| Sherman and Noyes on Wasp's port bridge wing off Guadalcanal, 7 Aug 1942 | Track chart from the shelling of Kiska Island by the cruiser USS St. Louis, 7 Aug 1942. |
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| USS Saratoga (foreground) and USS Enterprise (background) underway in the Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 |
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