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LC-Lot-801-22: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943

LC-Lot-801-22: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943. A thin plume of smoke marking the death plunge of a Japanese bomber, shot down by a U.S. Marine fighter plane over Guadalcanal in the early stages of fighting for the Solomon Islands. Shortly after this picture was taken the plane crashed and exploded. U.S. Navy Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
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Caption: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943. A thin plume of smoke marking the death plunge of a Japanese bomber, shot down by a U.S. Marine fighter plane over Guadalcanal in the early stages of fighting for the Solomon Islands. Shortly after this picture was taken the plane crashed and exploded. U.S. Navy Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
Accession #: LC-Lot-801-22
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  • Theater of Operations--Pacific
  • Aircraft--Fixed Wing
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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