Photos Taken in Guadalcanal | World War II Database

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Wrecked Japanese landing craft, Gavutu Beach, Guadalcanal, Aug-Sep 1942	Japanese troops arriving on Guadalcanal, circa early Sep 1942; note Savo Island in background

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	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	Makeshift defensive structure built by US Marines due to barbed wire shortage, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

Smoke rising from a crashed Japanese aircraft, off Guadalcanal, late 1942; photo taken from transport Crescent City	Tenaru River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

US Army Jeeps driving up Wright Road toward the area of the Japanese Gifu strongpoint on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942.	US Marine aviators Major John Smith, Major Robert Galer, and Captain Marion Carl having just received Navy Cross medals, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position over a Matanikao River crossing, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942	US Marine munitions officer John Day at a field office of 7th Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, 1942