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USS Astoria off Tulagi during the American invasion, 6 Aug 1942	An American destroyer underway near Savo Island (background) and Cape Esperance of Guadalcanal (left edge of the photograph), Savo Sound, 7 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	HMAS Canberra and three Allied transports off Tulagi island (closer in background) and Florida island (further in background) during landing operations, 7-8 Aug 1942

Japanese facilities afire, Tanambogo Island, east of Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Aug 1942	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	Track chart from the shelling of Kiska Island by the cruiser USS St. Louis, 7 Aug 1942.

USS Saratoga (foreground) and USS Enterprise (background) underway in the Solomon Islands, 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	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	USS President Jackson (foreground) and HMAS Australia (background) maneuvering between Tulagi and Guadalcanal, 8 Aug 1942; photograph taken by personnel aboard USS Ellet

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

Track of the cruiser night action of 9 Aug 1942 off Savo Island, Solomon Islands where three United States cruisers and one Australian cruiser were lost. Track is taken from the USS Astoria damage report.	USS Blue (near HMAS Canberra's port bow) and USS Patterson (approaching from astern) removing the crew from the fatally damaged HMAS Canberra (background), off Guadalcanal, about 0630 hours on 9 Aug 1942

Chicago of Guadalcanal the day after Battle of Savo Island, with crewmen cutting away torpedo-damaged plating to enable the ship to get underway, 10 Aug 1942	American surveying Lunga Point Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942