File:Landing craft off Beach Red on Guadalcanal Island, circa 7-9 August 1942 (NH 97760).jpg
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English: U.S. landing craft off Beach Red on Guadalcanal Island, circa 7-9 August 1942, when U.S. Marines came ashore to capture the Lunga Point area and its airfield from the Japanese. The airfield is out of view to the right. |
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| Date | between 7 August 1942 and 9 August 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NH 97760 |
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| Source | U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 97760 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The original photograph came from the illustrations package for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume IV (originally published opposite page 254). | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID NH 97760. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1] |
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| current | 06:39, 22 April 2019 | | 5,315 × 4,377 (7.02 MB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | high-res file |
| 22:24, 8 March 2008 |  | 740 × 603 (71 KB) | Mbdortmund (talk | contribs) | ||
| 16:36, 24 July 2006 |  | 740 × 625 (78 KB) | Cla68 (talk | contribs) | Photo #: NH 97760 Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942 Landing craft off Beach "Red" on Guadalcanal Island, circa 7-9 August 1942, when U.S. Marines came ashore to capture the Lunga Point area and its airfield from the Japanese. The airfield is out | |
| 15:33, 24 July 2006 |  | 520 × 309 (28 KB) | Cla68 (talk | contribs) | Allied forces landing on Beach Red, Guadalcanal, August 7, 1942. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Solomons/USN-CN-Solomons-13.html |
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