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U.S. destroyer steams up what later
became known as "Iron Bottom Sound", the body of water between Guadalcanal
and Tulagi, during landings on both islands, 7 August 1942. Savo Island is in the center distance and Cape Esperance, on Guadalcanal, is at the left. Photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54) from a location approximately due east from the northern tip of Savo Island. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. |