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80-G-216086: Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands

80-G-216086: Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands. Corn was grown in VD-1’s Victory Garden at the instigation of its new skipper Commander John H. McElroy, USN. Banana and pineapple plants form a border around the plot. Photograph released February 12, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/11/25).
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Caption: Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands. Corn was grown in VD-1’s Victory Garden at the instigation of its new skipper Commander John H. McElroy, USN. Banana and pineapple plants form a border around the plot. Photograph released February 12, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/11/25).
Accession #: 80-G-216086
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  • Theater of Operations--Pacific
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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