Photo #: NH 97742
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Fires burn near the Tulagi Cricket Grounds, after bombing by
U.S. carrier aircraft on 7 August 1942, the day U.S. Marines
landed to capture the island.
Photographed from an SBD, this view looks about northwest.
Small islands in the foreground are (from the bottom of the view,
running toward Tulagi, as identified on the original print):
Songonangona, Kokomtabu and Mbangai.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97743
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Fires burn near the Tulagi Cricket Grounds, after bombing by
U.S. carrier aircraft on 7 August 1942, the day U.S. Marines
landed to capture the island.
Photographed from a Navy plane, this view looks about north.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97744
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
A large building and other structures burn near the Tulagi Cricket
Grounds, after bombing by U.S. carrier aircraft on 7 August 1942,
the day U.S. Marines landed to capture the island.
Photographed from a Navy plane, this view looks toward the WNW.
Note houses in lower left, with Red Cross markings on their roofs.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97741
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Tulagi town seen from a U.S. carrier aircraft on 7 August 1942,
the day U.S. Marines landed to capture the island.
This view looks in an easterly direction.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97745
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, August 1942
Makambo Island, inside Tulagi harbor just north of Tulagi Island,
under bombardment by Allied ships and U.S. carrier aircraft on
7 August 1942, the day U.S. Marines landed on Tulagi. A pattern
of four shells has just landed in the water nearby and fires
are burning ashore.
Photographed from a Navy plane, this view looks toward the ESE,
with Tanambogo, Gavutu and Gaomi Islands in the distance. Smoke
is rising from Tanambogo.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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