Two LSTs on a beach on Guadalcanal with Henderson Field Runways in 1943
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two LSTs off the coast of Guadalcanal, Henderson Field being worked on in the background. A barrage balloon is being raised on the closest LST. "LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) on beach at Guadalcanal with Henderson Field Runways. (Note balloon on LST to be raised with steel cables to discourage Jap divebombers) (1943)". Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1943
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1943
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
Geography:
Guadalcanal
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-9.533
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160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Guadalcanal
Barrage balloons--American--Guadalcanal
Air bases--American--Guadalcanal