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Photo #: NH 97750
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, 7-8 August 1942
Raising the Colors on Guadalcanal after the initial landings,
circa 7 August 1942.
Officer standing second from right in this group appears to be
the First Marine Division commander, Major General Alexander
A. Vandegrift, USMC.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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