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| Keywords: Wrecked seaplane base at Tanambogo August 1942.jpg en Original caption on photo Photo 80-G-16311 Wrecked Japanese base on Tanambogo Island 8 August 1942 <br> Website caption Wrecked facilities and aircraft at the Japanese seaplane base on Tanambogo Island east of Tulagi Photo is dated 8 August 1942 and was probably taken shortly before U S Marines captured the island This view looks about west with a burned-out pier in the foreground fuel drums piled to the left and the wreckage of a seaplane among the trees in the center The buildings are probably left over from the island's days as a Royal Australian Air Force facility Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives cite web http //www history navy mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/guadlcnl/guad-1g htm Guadalcanal Campaign Aug 1942 - Feb 1943 -- Conquest of Tanambogo and Gavutu Islands 7-8 August 1942 Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center 11 October 2014 Unidentified at source 1942-08-08 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Guadalcanal Campaign | ||||
