File:IronbottomSound.jpg
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| Description | A U.S. destroyer steams up what later became known as Ironbottom Sound, the body of water between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, during landings on both islands, 7 August 1942. Savo Island is in the center distance and Cape Esperance, on Guadalcanal, is at the left. Photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54) from a location approximately due east from the northern tip of Savo Island. |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-13539 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Author | U.S. Navy, photo was taken from USS San Juan (CL-54). |
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| current | 15:42, 26 April 2016 | | 5,729 × 4,477 (7.18 MB) | commons>Cobatfor | new NHHC file |
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