Servicemen unload supplies from landing craft on Guadalcanal, 1942-1943

Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
Description: 

Servicemen unload supplies from multiple landing craft -- LCVP PA14-11 (probably), LCVP PA14-16 (probably), LCVP PA14-2 -- in the shadow of the battered Japanese military freighter Kinugawa Maru. Guadalcanal, 1942-1943.

Image Information

Accession Number: 
Date: 
1942
1943
Location: 
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Collection Level: 
Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
Geography: 
Guadalcanal
Latitude: 
-9.533
Longitude: 
160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Landing craft--American--Guadalcanal
Soldiers--American--Guadalcanal
Ships--Japanese--Guadalcanal
Equipment & supplies--Guadalcanal