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Photo # NH 97743: Fires burning on Tulagi during attacks by Navy planes, 7 August 1942

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-- EVENTS -- World War II in the Pacific --

Guadalcanal Campaign, Aug. 1942 - Feb. 1943 --
Conquest of Tulagi, 7-8 August 1942 (Part II)


This page features all the aerial views we have of the conquest of Tulagi.

For more pictures related to the conquest of Tulagi, see:

  • Conquest of Tulagi, 7-8 August 1942 .


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     

    For more pictures related to the conquest of Tulagi, see:

  • Conquest of Tulagi, 7-8 August 1942 .


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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