Lunga Point area, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands: Vertical aerial photographic mosaic, prepared for planning purposes shortly before the island was captured by Marines on 7-8 August 1942. It is labeled as having been taken by an aircraft from USS Curtiss (AV-4) on 31 July 1942. Lunga Point is in the upper left, with the Lunga River flowing through it in several branches. Kukum Landing is below the point, to the left. The airfield then being constructed by the Japanese, which after changing hands became Henderson Field, is in the right center. The original photograph came from the il
Lunga Point area, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands: Vertical aerial photographic mosaic, prepared for planning purposes shortly before the island was captured by Marines on 7-8 August 1942. It is labeled as having been taken by an aircraft from USS Curtiss (AV-4) on 31 July 1942. Lunga Point is in the upper left, with the Lunga River flowing through it in several branches. Kukum Landing is below the point, to the left. The airfield then being constructed by the Japanese, which after changing hands became Henderson Field, is in the right center. The original photograph came from the illustrations package for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, volume IV (originally published opposite page 278). Naval Historical Center Photograph. Aerial reconnaissance photo of Lunga Point, Guadalcanal on 31 July 1942
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