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Photo #: 80-G-31372

Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, 7-9 August 1942


Brigadier General William H. Rupertus, USMC, (center) on board USS Neville (AP-16) during the landings on Tulagi, circa 7-8 August 1942.
BGen. Rupertus, Assistant Division Commander of the First Marine Division, was in charge of combat operations on Tulagi and the other nearby Japanese-held islands.
Note landing craft moving past in the background. The destroyer in the center distance is probably USS Buchanan (DD-484).

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

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12 November 2001