110 items in this album on 6 pages.
![SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight back to USS Yorktown after an attack on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 4 May 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_dauntless10.jpg) | ![Richmond Turner and Alexander Vandegrift aboard USS McCawley looking at maps of the Tulagi-Guadalcanal operation in the Solomon Islands, circa Jul-Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_vandegrift3.jpg) |
SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight back to USS Yorktown after an attack on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 4 May 1942 | Richmond Turner and Alexander Vandegrift aboard USS McCawley looking at maps of the Tulagi-Guadalcanal operation in the Solomon Islands, circa Jul-Aug 1942 |
![Heavy cruiser USS Vincennes on her way to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, early Aug 1942. Vincennes was lost within a week. Note modified Measure 12 paint scheme.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_56483259428bc.jpg) | ![Lunga Point Airfield/Henderson Field, seen from USS Saratoga aircraft, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_guadalcanal5.jpg) |
Heavy cruiser USS Vincennes on her way to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, early Aug 1942. Vincennes was lost within a week. Note modified Measure 12 paint scheme. | Lunga Point Airfield/Henderson Field, seen from USS Saratoga aircraft, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 |
![United States Marine preparing to throw a Mark II “pineapple†grenade on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Note Browning Automatic Rifle at left.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5ab87e79e5e64.jpg) | ![US fleet sailing toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, early Aug 1942; note USS Saratoga at center, New Orleans-class heavy cruiser in background, USS Enterprise in foreground](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_saratoga30.jpg) |
United States Marine preparing to throw a Mark II “pineapple†grenade on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Note Browning Automatic Rifle at left. | US fleet sailing toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, early Aug 1942; note USS Saratoga at center, New Orleans-class heavy cruiser in background, USS Enterprise in foreground |
![USS Astoria off Tulagi during the American invasion, 6 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_astoria9.jpg) | ![Canberra off Tulagi during landings, 7-8 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_canberra2.jpg) |
USS Astoria off Tulagi during the American invasion, 6 Aug 1942 | Canberra off Tulagi during landings, 7-8 Aug 1942 |
![Crew aboard Enterprise loaded a 500 lb demolition bomb on a SBD scout bomber for strike on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 7 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_enterprise15.jpg) | ![Japanese facilities afire, Tanambogo Island, east of Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_57a875a57edf9.jpg) |
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 |
![M2A4 Stuart tank being hoisted from USS Alchiba into a LCM(2) landing craft, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_vehicle_m2light_6.jpg) | ![USS Saratoga (foreground) and USS Enterprise (background) underway in the Solomon Islands, Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_saratoga23.jpg) |
M2A4 Stuart tank being hoisted from USS Alchiba into a LCM(2) landing craft, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942 | USS Saratoga (foreground) and USS Enterprise (background) underway in the Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 |
![Ellet and Australia maneuvered between Tulagi and Guadalcanal, 8 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_ellet8.jpg) | ![Floating Japanese G4M1 bomber off Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 8 Aug 1942 as seen from the destroyer USS Ellet. The bomber was shot down during an aerial torpedo attack on the Allied shipping off Tulagi. Photo 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_g4m_2.jpg) |
Ellet and Australia maneuvered between Tulagi and Guadalcanal, 8 Aug 1942 | Floating Japanese G4M1 bomber off Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 8 Aug 1942 as seen from the destroyer USS Ellet. The bomber was shot down during an aerial torpedo attack on the Allied shipping off Tulagi. Photo 1 of 2 |
![Floating Japanese G4M1 bomber off Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 8 Aug 1942 as seen from the destroyer USS Ellet. The bomber was shot down during an aerial torpedo attack on the Allied shipping off Tulagi. Photo 2 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_ellet9.jpg) | ![Japanese G4M aircraft making a torpedo run against the American Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion force, 8 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_guadalcanal3.jpg) |
Floating Japanese G4M1 bomber off Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 8 Aug 1942 as seen from the destroyer USS Ellet. The bomber was shot down during an aerial torpedo attack on the Allied shipping off Tulagi. Photo 2 of 2 | Japanese G4M aircraft making a torpedo run against the American Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion force, 8 Aug 1942 |
![US Marine Corps LVT(1) amphibian tractors moving toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7-9 Aug 1942; note USS President Hayes in background](/images/imagemagick/tmb_57a875a7ec476.jpg) | ![Chicago maneuvered off Tulagi, 9 Aug 1942, as seen from destroyer Ellet](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_ellet10.jpg) |
US Marine Corps LVT(1) amphibian tractors moving toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7-9 Aug 1942; note USS President Hayes in background | Chicago maneuvered off Tulagi, 9 Aug 1942, as seen from destroyer Ellet |
![Quincy illuminated by Japanese searchlights during Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_guadalcanal4.jpg) | ![USS Blue and USS Patternson removing the crew from the fatally damaged Canberra 9 Aug 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_canberra3.jpg) |
Quincy illuminated by Japanese searchlights during Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug 1942 | USS Blue and USS Patternson removing the crew from the fatally damaged Canberra 9 Aug 1942 |
110 items in this album on 6 pages.