Tulagi
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Tulagi is a small island in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule. The town of Tulagi is the capital of Central Province.
Marine gun emplacement, Tulagi, 1942
Tulagi Island during World War II
Guadalcanal campaign
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The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by the United States, was an Allied offensive against forces of the Empire of Japan in the Solomon
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…day in a prelude to the Battle of the Coral Sea. Allied forces, primarily the 1st Marine Raiders, landed on 7 August and captured Tulagi as part of Operation Watchtower after a day of hard fighting. After its capture by United States Navy and Marine Corps forces, the island hosted a squadron of PT boats for a year…
United States Marines rest in the field during the Guadalcanal campaign.
U.S. Marines debark from LCP(L)s onto Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942.
Japanese cruiser Yūbari shines searchlights towards the northern force during the night battle around Savo Island on 9 August 1942. In the course of this action 4 allied cruisers were sunk and one was heavily damaged with no Japanese ships lost, and the transport fleet was left exposed to further attack.
Dead Japanese soldiers on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal after the Battle of the Tenaru