Guadalcanal Campaign 1942 - 1943

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: Marines with Captured Japanese 76,2 mm Naval Gun Type 3 (1914) Kukum Guadalcanal 1942

: Marine Sells Japanese Items in Souvenir Shop on Guadalcanal

: Marines Playing Cards Beside Hut on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marine at Entrance to Japanese Camp on Guadalcanal 1942

: Guadalcanal Japanese bomb airplane hanger 1942

: US Reinforcements Landed at Lunga Point Guadalcanal 1942

: Marine at Machine Gun Position on Edson’s Ridge Guadalcanal 1942

: Marines set up radio communication site on Guadalcanal 1942

: US officers ride on the “Guadalcanal, Bougainville & Tokyo Express” Railroad built by Seabees on Guadalcanal

: Marine eyes captured Japanese bathtub on Guadalcanal 1942

: US Officers Question Japanese Prisoner on Guadalcanal 1942

: Wreckage of Japanese Ship KINUGAWA MARU on Guadalcanal 1943

: First Division General Vandegrift and Staff on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marines Inspect Japanese Gun Emplacement on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marine after Battle on Edson’s Ridge on Guadalcanal September 1942

: Marines set up mortar under enemy fire on Guadalcanal

: Marines digging in on Beach of Guadalcanal 1942

: Soldiers fishing with dynamite on Guadalcanal 1943

: 35th Infantry troops returning to base after 21 days in a fighting line to capture the Gifu on Guadalcanal 1943

: Marines search for Japanese snipers on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marines unload supplies on beach of Guadalcanal 1942

: Ruins of Radio Station on Guadalcanal hit by Japanese bomb 1942

: Japanese Bomb Blasts as US Ship Pulls into Guadalcanal Port 1943

: Japanese dispersal area near Lunga Airfield on Guadalcanal 1942

: Troops Lay Marsden Mats for Landing Field on Guadalcanal 1943

: Marine with captured Japanese Type 92 70 mm light howitzer Guadalcanal 1942

: US LCVP PO-20 unloads fuel drums at Kukum Guadalcanal 1942

: Marine leaves foxhole after Japanese air raid on Guadalcanal 1942

: Unexploded Japanese Torpedo on Kukum Beach Guadalcanal 1942

: Soldiers with Japanese Prisoners on Guadalcanal 1943

: First Group of U.S. Navy Nurses Arrive for Duty on Guadalcanal 1944

: Troops Inspect captured Japanese barge on Guadalcanal 1942

: Wrecked Japanese Transport ship and Landing Craft on Guadalcanal

: Japanese Landing Barges Leave Transport for Guadalcanal Beach

: Marine guards a captured Japanese steamroller at airfield on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marines in LVT Amphibious Tractor on Guadalcanal 1942

: Japanese Soldiers Captured by Marines on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marines Jeeps and landing barges on Guadalcanal Beach 1942

: Marine at Browning .50-cal, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun – Guadalcanal 1942

: Marines use Japanese AAA gun named “Susie Q” 1942

: LST, LCT, and LSI’s land US 145th Infantry Troops on Guadalcanal 1943

: Wounded Troops Await Transport on Guadalcanal Beach 1943

: Guadalcanal Marine LVT amphibian tractors bridge supports 1942

: Marine uses bayonet to dig foxhole on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marine uses a raft to cross a flooded road during the rainy season on Guadalcanal

: Jeep on Captured Japanese Air Base on Guadalcanal 1942

: Troops on Beach by Wrecked “Kinugawa Maru” on Guadalcanal 1943

: Japanese Prisoners Captured by US Troops on Guadalcanal

: Ruins of Japanese trucks after US bombardment of Guadalcanal 1942

: Wreckage Of Japanese Ship Kinugawa Maru Off Guadalcanal

: Seabees Footbridge Over River On Guadalcanal

: 1st Marine Division LVT Alligator on Guadalcanal Fall 1942

: Marine Patrol In Jungle Of Guadalcanal

: Wreckage Of Japanese Ship Guadalcanal Solomon Islands

: Guadalcana ‘s Bloody Ridge September 1942

: Battle of Guadalcanal 1942 Solomon Islands

: Bridge Guadalcanal Campaign

: P 38 Arrive On Aircraft Carrier Guadalcanal June 1944

: Guadalcanal Campaign 5

: Guadalcanal Campaign 7

: Marines of VMF 221 by Scoreboard on Guadalcanal

: Guadalcanal Campaign 4

: Marines in LVT Amphibious Tractor Land on Guadalcanal 1942

: Marines Evacuating A Casualty 2nd Marine Division Guadalcanal

: Guadalcanal Campaign

: Beachhead Guadalcanal Campaign Solomon Islands

: U.S. Marine Mortar Company Sets Up on Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal

: Guadalcanal Campaign 2

: US Troops Watch Guadalcanal Solomon Islands Burn pacific

: Marine Chaplain Help Wounded In Jungle Guadalcanal

: Marines Guadalcanal Campaign Solomon Islands

: Marine patrol crosses the Matanikau River in September 1942

: 1st Marine Division Landing on Guadalcanal in LCPs August 1942

: Marine Mortar Squad in Action on Guadalcanal

: Guadalcanal US Marines 155mm Howitzers in action 1943

: Henderson Field Battle of Guadalcanal

: Guadalcanal Campaign 3

: Beach Guadalcanal Campaign Solomon Islands

: 11th Marines Man Japanese 75 mm Gun on Lunga Perimeter, Guadalcanal 1942

: Wildcats, Avenger and Lightnings on Henderson Field Guadalcanal 1942

Guadalcanal Campaign 1942 – 1943 (Operation Watchtower), Solomon Islands
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