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LC-Lot-801-25: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943

LC-Lot-801-25: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 – February 1943. The Statue Survived – Found intact amidst the wreckage after a Japanese bombing of Visale, Guadalcanal, this statue of the Blessed Virgin and Christ child were removed to the office of the Guadalcanal U.S. Chaplain, where it watches protectively over the foxhole refuge against air attacks, July 20, 1943. 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. The Statue Survived – Found intact amidst the wreckage after a Japanese bombing of Visale, Guadalcanal, this statue of the Blessed Virgin and Christ child were removed to the office of the Guadalcanal U.S. Chaplain, where it watches protectively over the foxhole refuge against air attacks, July 20, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
Accession #: LC-Lot-801-25
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