P01233.005
Photograph P01233.005 Second World War, 1939-1945GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. INVASION BARGES LOADED WITH UNITED STATES MARINES LEAVE TROOP TRANSPORTS FOR THE LANDING AT TULAGI.

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OFF TULAGI, 1942-08-07. INVASION BARGES LEAVING THE TRANSPORTS FOR THE LANDING AT TULAGI.
GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. INVASION BARGES LOADED WITH UNITED STATES MARINES LEAVE TROOP TRANSPORTS FOR THE LANDING AT TULAGI.

OFF TULAGI, 1942-08-07. A VIEW OF TULAGI AFTER HEAVY OFF SHORE BOMBARDMENT.

OFF TULAGI, 1942-08-07. DURING THE LANDING ON TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING THIS UNITED STATES DESTROYER, WHICH WAS HIT BY A BOMB. THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AS THE BOMB HITS. (SEE ALSO PHOTOGRAPH 04

OFF TULAGI, 1942-08-07. DURING THE LANDING ON TULAGI, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES DESTROYER USS MUGFORD HITTING IT WITH A BOMB. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE BEGINNING OF THE ATTACK. (SEE ALSO

GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1942-08-07. JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER, SHOT DOWN AFTER FIRING A TORPEDO, AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING AT TULAGI.

Off Tulagi, the Wickes-class destroyer USS Colhoun (DD-85 later APD-2) transports 1st Marine Raider Battalion troops to participate in the invasion of the Solomon Islands.
