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1942-02-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS JARVIS (DD-393). THE AFTER 5 INCH/38 GUNS ...
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1942-02-26. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS JARVIS (DD-393). THE AFTER 5 INCH/38 GUNS HAVE BEEN LEFT UNSHIELDED AS A WEIGHT SAVING MEASURE. THE TRUNKING OF THE BOILER UPTAKES INTO A SINGLE ...302642
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Aerial view of the air base on the island of Guadalcanal, showing the Tenaru River and Fighter No ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Aerial view of the air base on the island of Guadalcanal, showing the Tenaru River and Fighter No 1 strip, which was frequently unusable in the wet season due to flooding. Many aircraft are dispersed ...P04197.001
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Anti aircraft all the way
Art
Maker: Gilman, Don Office of AC of S, G-2, 14th Antiaircraft Command 650th Engineering Battalion
A poster issued by the Assistant Chief of Staff of the 14th Anti aircraft Command. The poster depicts a broad arrow heading towards a Japanese flag, on the flag is a listing of a number of battles, ...ARTV00538
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AOLA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1932-09-27. AERIAL VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT STATION. (NAVAL ...
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AOLA, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1932-09-27. AERIAL VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT STATION. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)304189
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AS/NZ Workshop
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
Guadalcanal Beach Resort (GBR) is the main base for the military and police forces of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). It was an American base during the Second World Wa...ART94158
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Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 : Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal 1939-1945. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28964.011
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AWM58 1/607 - [Pacific Fleet Translations, Combat Intelligence Centre South Pacific Force (CICSPF) translations of captured Japanese documents - Document recovered from a 2-man submarine, VISALE BAY, GUADALCANAL: raised 7 May 1943, by the salvage ship USS ORTOLAN - item 607]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2020.8.3
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Barnewall, Sir Reginald Robert (Sergeant, b.1924 - d.2018)
Private Record
Maker: Barnewall, Reginald Robert
Autobiographical account, titled 'Operation Scupper', written by NX96541 Sergeant (Sir) Reginald Barnewall. It describes his involvement in 1942 in this planned commando mission to destroy a radio tra...PR03387
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Bell, John Neil Rogers (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Bell, John Neil Rogers
Collection relating to the Second World War and later service of O22001 Flight Lieutenant John Neil Rogers, No. 32 Squadron, Australian and the Pacific, 1942-1970. Collection consists of a nine page...PR04238
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE VESSEL CARRIED ...
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE VESSEL CARRIED RESCUED AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN POWS FROM GUADALCANAL TO AUSTRALIA.088958
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS GIVE A FINAL SALUTE TO THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE ...
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1944-10. FORMER POWS GIVE A FINAL SALUTE TO THE "MONADNOCK", A USN MINELAYER. THE VESSEL CARRIED RESCUED AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN POWS FROM GUADALCANAL TO AUSTRALIA.088960
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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10. PERSONNEL ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK" A UNITED STATES NAVY MINELAYER ...
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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10. PERSONNEL ABOARD THE "MONADNOCK" A UNITED STATES NAVY MINELAYER WHICH CARRIED RESCUED AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GUADALCANAL TO AUSTRALIA.088930
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Note that, although Rear Admiral Farncomb was three times Mentioned in Despatches, no Oak Leaf is carried on the ribbon.REL28964.010
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CAPTAIN F.E. GETTING, RAN, CAPTAIN OF HMAS CANBERRA AT GUADALCANAL IN 1942.
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CAPTAIN F.E. GETTING, RAN, CAPTAIN OF HMAS CANBERRA AT GUADALCANAL IN 1942.106675
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Clemens, W F Martin Major MC
Private Record
Maker: Clemens, W F M (Martin)
Microfilm of typescript (with more detailed handwritten additions) and original handwritten diary kept by WFM Clemens during his work as district officer and coast watcher in the Solomon Islands parti...PRMF0079
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Clemens, W F Martin (Major, MC, Coast Watcher, British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force)
Private Record
Maker: Clemens, W F M (Martin)
DIARY OR MANUSCRIPT BASED ON DIARY OF SERVICE AS A COAST WATCHER AT GUADALCANAL, 1942. VERY DETAILED AND ANNOTATED, WITH COVERING LETTER FROM THE DIARIST TO GAVIN LONG, OFFICIAL HISTORIAN. SEE ALSO PR...3DRL/3221
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Copper water jug from HMAS Canberra : Leading Signalman F W Pickup, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's wardroom copper water jug taken from HMAS Canberra at the time of her sinking on 9 August 1942. The jug tapers towards the top, and has a curved handle riveted on to the body. The inside of ...REL30288
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Curby, Suzanne (Federal Agent)
Private Record
Maker: Curby, Suzanne
Collection relating to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) service of Federal Agent Suzanne (Sue) Curby, Australian Federal Police, 2006. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a typed 19...AWM2019.637.16
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Dalrymple-Hay, Kenneth H (Coast Watcher, b.1896 - d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Dalrymple-Hay, Kenneth Houston
Collection relating to the Second World War service of coast watcher Lieutenant Kenneth Dalrymple-Hay, Solomon Islands. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains one 77 page typed transcription of a diary maintaine...3DRL/6122
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de Medici, eX
Private Record
Maker: eX de Medici
Collection relating to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) visit of artist eX de Medici, commissioned by the Australian War Memorial as an official war artist, 2009-2010. Walle...PR04638
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Downstream/Gold Ridge gold mine
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
This is a portrait of an Australian peacekeeper while on a community liaison visit to a Solomon Islands village. The artist accompanied the ADF on this patrol. This was a well-kept village next to a ...ART94143
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F88C Steyr (Bullpup) + Cordited (MS.WWII) Handgrenades (Pineapples) Solomon Islands/Guadalcanal, Gifu + Hell's Point
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
An F88 Steyr, the rifle used by the ADF, lies on a bed of grenades that have had the cordite removed. The grenades represent Hell's Point, the site of the battle of Tenaru in 1942 and now the decommis...ART94157
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GBR
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
Guadalcanal Beach Resort (GBR) is the main base for the military and police forces of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). It was an American base during the Second World Wa...ART94155
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK.
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK.043379
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK. NONE OF THE TARGETS WERE HIT.
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE BOMBING ATTACK. NONE OF THE TARGETS WERE HIT.043370
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER GOING DOWN IN FLAMES.
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942-08. A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER GOING DOWN IN FLAMES.043369
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS ELLET ON FIRE. THE NEARBY TRANSPORT HAS ALSO ...
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS ELLET ON FIRE. THE NEARBY TRANSPORT HAS ALSO BEEN HIT.043373
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER HITTING THE WATER. IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE ...
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER HITTING THE WATER. IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS SELFRIDGE.043368
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER STILL IN FLIGHT AFTER BEING HIT BY UNITED ...
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GUADALCANAL AREA, 1942. UNITED STATES DIVE BOMBER STILL IN FLIGHT AFTER BEING HIT BY UNITED STATES DESTROYER, USS SELFRIDGE.043380
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25.A GUARD OF HONOUR OF SOLOMONS ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25.A GUARD OF HONOUR OF SOLOMONS ISLANDS NATIVE HEADMEN AND POLICE BOYS, LED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DISTRICT OFFICER, CAPTAIN F MOORE, SALUTING, A...304714
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942-11. A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942-11. A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE SALVAGED BY A US NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEES) AFTER BEING SCUTTLED BY HER CREW DURING THE BATTLE OF G...306644
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GUADALCANAL. BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942. THIS JAPANESE SHORT WAVE RADIO ...
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GUADALCANAL. BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1942. THIS JAPANESE SHORT WAVE RADIO TRANSMITTER WAS FOUND BY US MARINES IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AFTER IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY THE RETREATING ENEMY...304909
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1944. US NAVY LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT LCS-20, ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. C.1944. US NAVY LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT LCS-20, LCS-17, LCS-18, LCS-19, LCS-21 AND LCS-22 IN THE COURSE OF TRAINING OPERATIONS. ORIGINALLY LANDING CRAF...304857
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVE ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVE HEADMEN AND POLICE BOYS HOLDING A PLAQUE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE US NAVY TO COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF T...304715
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVES ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. GROUP PORTRAIT OF LOCAL NATIVES HOLDING A PLAQUE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE US NAVY TO COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF THE SOLOMONS. SERGEANT M...304713
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) TORPEDO ...
Photograph
Maker: Taylor, A F
GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) TORPEDO BOMBERS OF THE JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE COME IN VERY LOW THROUGH HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE TO ATTACK US TRA...305276
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT GEORGE F ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1942-08-08. THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT GEORGE F ELLIOTT ON FIRE AFTER A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED INTO HER SUPERSTRUCTURE IN THE COURSE OF AN ATTACK ...305757
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. THE BRITISH RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, ...
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GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. 1944-01-25. THE BRITISH RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, SOLOMONS, COLONEL OWEN NOEL, SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY WHERE LOCAL NATIVES PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO THE US N...304712
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GUADALCANAL, 1942-10. CAPT MARTIN CLEMENS, SOLOMON ISLANDS DEFENCE FORCES, PICTURED WITH NATIVE ...
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GUADALCANAL, 1942-10. CAPT MARTIN CLEMENS, SOLOMON ISLANDS DEFENCE FORCES, PICTURED WITH NATIVE POLICEMEN. CAPT CLEMENS REMAINED ON GUADALCANAL THROUGHOUT THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. (DEFENCE DEPARTMENT ...043648
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GUADALCANAL, 1943. SGT A. JUNKERS OF MCCOMBE, MISSISSIPPI AND SGT C.H. CATCHEM OF LITTLE ROCK, ...
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GUADALCANAL, 1943. SGT A. JUNKERS OF MCCOMBE, MISSISSIPPI AND SGT C.H. CATCHEM OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, STOPPED ON A JUNGLE TRAIL LIGHTING CIGARETTES FOR TH...043649
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. AMERICAN SHIPPING ON FIRE AFTER A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. AMERICAN SHIPPING ON FIRE AFTER A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.106673
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. BOMB BURSTS FROM A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. BOMB BURSTS FROM A JAPANESE AIR ATTACK.106674
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. FOUR JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1942-08-08. FOUR JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE MITSUBISHI G4M (BETTY) BOMBERS COME IN VERY LOW THROUGH HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE TO ATTACK US TRANSPORTS (NOT VISIBLE). TWO AMER...305274
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. INVASION BARGES LOADED WITH UNITED STATES MARINES LEAVE ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. INVASION BARGES LOADED WITH UNITED STATES MARINES LEAVE TROOP TRANSPORTS FOR THE LANDING AT TULAGI.P01233.005
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER, SHOT DOWN AFTER FIRING A ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER, SHOT DOWN AFTER FIRING A TORPEDO, AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING AT TULAGI.P01233.006
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER SINKING INTO THE ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER SINKING INTO THE SEA AFTER ATTACKING UNITED STATES DESTROYERS.P01233.003
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKE...P01233.002
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. OFF TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DIVE BOMB THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD. SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN BY A MEDIUM BOMB KILLING TWENTY-ONE CREW.P01233.001
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. THE CRUISER USS SAN JUAN, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. THE CRUISER USS SAN JUAN, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION.P01233.008
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. WRECK OF THE JAPANESE TRANSPORT MV KINUGAWA MARU, DAMAGED AND ...
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GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. WRECK OF THE JAPANESE TRANSPORT MV KINUGAWA MARU, DAMAGED AND BEACHED ON THE NORTH COAST OF GUADALCANAL DURING THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL, 1942-11. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLE...303495