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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-231868

Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation
, August 1942

Ships of the invasion force steaming out of the Guadalcanal-Tulagi area during the afternoon of 9 August 1942.
Photographed from USS Chicago (CA-29), the view looks eastward, with USS Betelgeuse (AK-28) at right and Guadalcanal island in the distance.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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25 October 2001