Photo #: NH 97762
Lunga Point area, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands
Vertical aerial photographic mosaic, prepared for planning purposes
shortly before the island was captured by U.S. Marines on 7-8
August 1942. It is labeled as having been taken by an aircraft
from USS Curtiss (AV-4) on 31 July 1942.
Lunga Point is in the upper left, with the Lunga River flowing
through it in several branches. Kukum Landing is below the point,
to the left. The airfield then being constructed by the Japanese,
which after changing hands became Henderson Field, is in the
right center.
The original photograph came from the illustrations package for
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison "History of United States
Naval Operations in World War II", volume IV (originally
published opposite page 278).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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