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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