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[Barracks on Guadalcanal Island]

Photograph of a row of U.S. barracks somewhere on Guadalcanal Island.

Date: 1942~

[Blowing Balloons]

Photograph of a soldier blowing a balloon. Another soldier is sat in front of the ballon with a magazine in his lap and laughing at the other man.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Drinking and Smoking]

Photograph of soldiers sitting around a table drinking and smoking cigars together. The table in front of them is covered in bottles, glasses, and newspapers.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Letters Regarding the Invasion of Guadalcanal, 1942]

Letter titled "Guadalcanal Tourist Bureau" painting a humorous picture of Guadalcanal to allied sailors preparing their invasion in the style of a tourism promotion. Letter titled "Guadalcanal Invasion" providing a sailor's personal account of the initial allied invasion of Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942, experiencing it both from the bridge of his ship and on the beach of Tulagi.

Date: 1942~

Creator: Turner, Richmond Kelly

Item Type: Letter

Location: -9.101583 160.147069

[Passing Out Cigars]

Photograph of a man passing out cigars to a group of U.S. Servicemen. The man is crouched in front of the group and is holding out a box of La Fendrich cigars. The group are leaning forward in an attempt to grab a cigar from the box.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Skull with a Magazine]

Photograph of a desk with a skeleton and Life Magazine lying on top. Several other objects are scattered throughout the rest of the desk.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldier with a Bird]

Photograph of a U.S. servicemen pointing towards a bird in a tree. The man is wearing shorts and a white t-shirt and is looking up towards the branch with the bird.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldier with a Skull]

Photograph of a soldier leaning over a roof with a skull sitting next to the man's hand. The man is wearing a white t-shirt and a bracelet on both of his arms.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldiers Drinking in the Barracks]

Photograph of two soldiers drinking together inside of a barrack. One of the soldiers is sitting at a desk and handing a mug to the other man, who is laying in a bunk.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldiers Drinking Together]

Photograph of U.S. servicemen sitting and drinking together. A table is positioned in the middle of the group and has bottles and glasses scattered on top of it.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldiers Offloading Mules from Ship]

Photographs of mules in wooden trailer crates being lowered from a ship and being led away by soldiers in helmets.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Tree in Guadalcanal]

Photograph of a tree on Guadalcanal Island.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Tree in Guadalcanal Island]

Photograph of the bottom of a tree found in Guadalcanal Island.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

[Havoc on Tanambogo Island]

Photograph of Tanambogo Island after a barrage from Pacific ships and planes that proceeded landing operations by U.S. Marines. A smoke pillar can be seen rising from the island. Gavutu and Florida Island can be seen in the background.

Date: 1942-08~

Item Type: Photograph

The Battle of the Solomons.

Lyrical quatrain poem that rhymes on the 2nd and 4th line of each stanza on the subject of the Battle of the Solomons from the American's perspective.

Date: August 7, 1942

Item Type: Poem

[Anti-Aircraft Battery]

Photograph of anti-aircraft batteries of the United States task force in the battle of the Santa Cruz. Two ships are in the distance with smoke above them.

Date: October 26, 1942

Creator: Smith, Loran F.

Item Type: Photograph

[U.S. Carrier Under Attack]

Photograph of Japanese planes attacking a United States carrier during the battle of the Santa Cruz. Smoke fills the air.

Date: October 26, 1942

Creator: Smith, Loran F.

Item Type: Photograph

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[Barracks on Guadalcanal Island]

[Blowing Balloons]

[Drinking and Smoking]

[Letters Regarding the Invasion of Guadalcanal, 1942]

[Passing Out Cigars]

[Skull with a Magazine]

[Soldier with a Bird]

[Soldier with a Skull]

[Soldiers Drinking in the Barracks]

[Soldiers Drinking Together]

[Soldiers Offloading Mules from Ship]

[Tree in Guadalcanal]

[Tree in Guadalcanal Island]

[Havoc on Tanambogo Island]

The Battle of the Solomons.

[Anti-Aircraft Battery]

[U.S. Carrier Under Attack]