Photos Taken in British Western Pacific Territories

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H6K aircraft of Japanese Navy Yokohama Kokutai, Solomon Islands, 1942	H8K1 aircraft aboard seaplane tender Akitsushima, Shortland Island, Solomon Islands, 1942

Lunga Point Airfield while under construction, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jul 1942	Lunga Point Airfield/Henderson Field, seen from USS Saratoga aircraft, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942

Major General Alexander Vandegrift at a field desk on Guadalcanal, circa Aug-Dec 1942	United States Marine preparing to throw a Mark II “pineapple” grenade on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Note Browning Automatic Rifle at left.

An American destroyer underway near Savo Island (background) and Cape Esperance of Guadalcanal (left edge of the photograph), Savo Sound, 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	M2A4 Stuart tank being hoisted from USS Alchiba into a LCM(2) landing craft, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 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

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

Quincy illuminated by Japanese searchlights during Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug 1942	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

American surveying Lunga Point Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942	Men of US 2nd Marine Division wading through shallow water, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942

US 1st Marine Division staff at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942	US Marine Colonel Frank Goettge with captured Japanese currency, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942