Guadalcanal Campaign Photographs | World War II Database

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Japanese troops arriving on Guadalcanal, circa early Sep 1942; note Savo Island in background	Machinist Donald Runyon posing at the tail of his Wildcat during the Guadalcanal campaign, 10 Sep 1942

Destroyer O'Brien torpedoed by submarine while Wasp burned in background, 15 Sep 1942	Wasp (Wasp-class) burning and listing after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific, 15 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.

Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of Task Force 61 in support of the Guadalcanal landings, aboard his flagship USS Saratoga, 17 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.	Admiral Chester Nimitz awarding Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson a gold star to his Navy Cross medal, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 30 Sep 1942

155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1918 gun of US 11th Marine Regiment on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug-Dec 1942	A temporary bridge built with amphibian tractors as floats, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

Captured Japanese ice plant, Guadalcanal, late 1942	Destroyed building, Guadalcanal, late 1942

Destroyed tanks of Japanese 1st Independent Tank Company at the mouth of the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Oct 1942, photo 1 of 2	Destroyed tanks of Japanese 1st Independent Tank Company at the mouth of the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Oct 1942, photo 2 of 2

F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 1 of 2	F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 2 of 2

Generals Thomas Holcomb and Alexander Vandegrift on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	Jeep crossing a coconut tree log bridge over the Bonegi River, Guadalcanal, late 1942

Jeeps, Guadalcanal, late 1942	Lewis Puller on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

Local policemen with British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force Captain Martin Clemons on Guadalcanal, Oct 1942	M3A1 light tank of the United States Marine Corps at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942