GUADALCANAL PHOTOS 1942 - 45
RED BEACH AUG 7 1942PRE INVASION PLANNING.A PHOTO YOU SEE IN EVERY BOOK. NOT AN OVERLY SERIOUS PHOTO - NOTE THE TWO GRINNING MARINES IN THE BACKGROUND GIVING "THE FINGER".GUADALCANAL AIRFIELDS IN 1943.POSSIBLY TAKEN ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUG 20 1942 AS THE FIRST AIRCRAFT APPROACHED TO LAND. THE MARINES ON THE ILU RIVER SANDBAR ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE FIGHTING COL. ICHIKIS MEN IN A FEW HOURS.ILU RIVER WEST BANK BEACH AUG 20 1942. IT WOULD BE LITTERED WITH JAPANESE BODIES THE NEXT MORNING.FIGHTERS AT THE WESTERN END OF HENDERSON FIELDHENDERSON IN AUG 42 LOOKING EASTLUNGA POINT USN BASE AREAJAPANESE TANK IN THE WATER OFF MATANIKAU SANDBAR OCTOBER 1942, ITS STILL THERE.CAPTURED JAPANESE RICE SUPPLIESFIGHTER STRIP #1PILOTS OF SQUADRON VF-6 AT HENDERSON FIELDJAPANESE HANGARS AT HENDERSON AUG 42. BY THE END OF THE YEAR THEY WERE ALL DEMOLISHED.ILU RIVER SANDBAR AFTERNOON OF AUG 20 1942. MARINES LOOKING UP AT INCOMING AIRCRAFT. NOTE NO DAMAGE YET TO THE PALM GROVE.JAPANESE TRANSPORT BURNING NOV 42MARINE WEARING JAPANESE SNIPER JACKETPOINT CRUZON BOARD BEACHED TRANSPORT KINUGAWA MARU.SIGN ON PAGODA HILL5 INCH GUN AT KUKUM BEACHLT. GEORGE GAY OF VT-11 AT GUADALCANAL IN 1943. HE WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR FROM TORPEDO SQUADRON 8 AT MIDWAY.AMTRACS COMING IN TO LAND AT KUKUM BEACHLANDING CRAFT NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE LUNGA RIVERSCOUT JACOB VOUZAJAPANESE TANK HULLS AT MATANIKAU SANDBAR. COASTWATCHER MARTIN CLEMENS TOLD ME THAT HE FOUND A BOTTLE OF BRITISH WHISKY IN EVERY TANK.BEACHMASTERS TOWER AT KUKUM BEACHSECRETARY OF THE NAVY FRANK KNOX WITH NIMITZ, HALSEY AND COLLINS.DID THEY DRAW STRAWS TO SEE WHO WOULD TELL HIM HE HAD HIS HELMET ON BACKWARDS?CRASHED P38 LIGHTNING FIGHTER OFF KUKUM BEACHHANGARS AT THE WESTERN END OF HENDERSON AUG 42CPL. MIKE WINTERS ON EDSONS RIDGE 15 SEP 42 (DIED 2003)JAPANESE TANK ON THE BEACH NEAR MATANIKAU SANDBAR OCT 42DESTROYER SHELLING JAPANESE POSITIONSNATIVE SCOUT DANIEL IN MARINE GREENSFIRST PLANE LANDS ON HENDERSON 12 AUG 42"HELL IN THE PACIFIC" 1943-45JAPANESE HELMETS NEAR ABANDONED DUGOUTSSUPPLY TRUCK ON WRIGHT ROAD ON MT AUSTENEDSONS RIDGE - ITS ONLY A 15 MINUTE WALK FROM THE AIRFIELDHENDERSON IN 1943HENDERSON AREA PHOTOMAP 1943CAPTURED JAPANESE AMMUNITIONCAPTURED JAPANESE 150MM SHELLMARINE OFFICERS AT MATANIKAU SANDBAR LOOKING OIVER DESTROYED JAPANESE TANKSJEEPS HEADING UP WRIGHT ROAD ON MT AUSTEN TOWARDS THE "GIFU" BATTLE AREA.BEACHED TRANSPORT KYUSYU MARUCOASTWATCHER MARTIN CLEMENS GIVING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MATANIKAU FRONT 26 SEPT 42PAGODA HILLPATROL WITH JAPANESE PRISONER AND SOUVENIR SWORD.JAPANESE DEAD AT ILU RIVER WEST BANK BEACHILU RIVER SANDBAR IN MAR 43ILU RIVER WEST BANK BEACHDEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN THE SAND AT ILU RIVERJAPANESE SOLDIER AT ILU RIVER BEACHJAPANESE DEAD ON THE TRAIL AT EDSONS RIDGE 15 SEP 42. I LOCATED THIS SPOT IN JAN 1999.OBSERVATION POST AT THE SOUTHERN END OF EDSONS RIDGEEDSONS RIDGE FINAL DEFENSIVE KNOLLEDSONS RIDGE TRAILEDSONS RIDGE IN RELATION TO HENDERSON FIELDEDSONS RIDGE MG POST. IN 2006 I FOUND SOME FIRED CARTRIDGE CASES ON THE HILLSIDE HERE.MARINES WALKING BACK FROM EDSONS RIDGE TOWARDS HENDERSONJAPANESE BOMBER TAKING OFF FROM RABAULJAPANESE BETTY BOMBER WAIST GUNNERJAPANESE BETTY BOMBER CREWMANJAPANESE BOMBARDIERBETTY BOMBER FORMATIONCHECKING OUT WHAT THE YANKEE DEVILS ARE UP TOJAPANESE BETTY BOMBER RADIO OPERATORLOADING CAMERA FOR PHOTO RECON MISSIONBETTY BOMBER COCKPITMG POSITION AT ILU RIVERJAPANESE TROOPS ON GUADALCANALZEROS WARMING UP AT RABAULUS BOMB LANDS NEAR A JAPANESE SHIPJAPANESE NAMBU HEAVY MG GUNNERJAPANESE INFANTRYMANVAL DIVE BOMBER TAKING OFF AT RABAULPILOTS AT RABAULBETTY BOMBER CREW HAVING LUNCHMARINES COMPARE US AND JAPANESE AMMUNITIONJAPANESE DEAD AT ILU RIVERJAPANESE DEAD AT ILU RIVERMARINES USING A CAPTURED JAPANESE 75MM AA GUN AS A CRANE AT FIGHTER STRIP 2 AT KUKUMA JAPANESE OFFICER WATCHES JAPANESE TRANSPORTS OFFSHORE IN OCTOBER 42JAPANESE AIRCREW LIFE JACKET FLOATING IN TULAGI HARBOURCAPTURED JAPANESE GUN AT ILU RIVERTESTING A CAPTURED ARISAKA RIFLEPR CRUZ AREA 1942JAPANESE SIGN AT CAPTURED LUNGA CAMP AREA "MEDICAL SECTION"OBSERVATION POST OVERLOOKING PT CRUZCAPTURED JAPANESE GUNSFLATTENED JAPANESE HANGAR AT HENDERSON FIELDFUEL DUMP AT KUKUM BEACHKUKUM PIERCANAL BARBER SHOPDAMAGE TO JAPANESE HANGAR AT HENDERSONMACHINE GUN SECTION, A COMPANY MARINE RAIDERSCARLSON RAIDERS WITH JAPANESE SOUVENIR. NOTE CAPTURED GERMAN LUGER. PROBABLY CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE FROM THE CHINESE.SHELLING MATANIKAU AREA 1SHELLING MATANIKAU AREA 2SHELLING MATANIKAU AREA 3PILOTS NEAR PAGODA HILLCAPTURED JAPANESE FLAMETHROWERJAPANESE 150MM GUNCRASH LANDED ZERO NEAR CAPE ESPERANCEBEACHED TORPEDO NEAR DOMA COVEPIECE OF PLATING BLOWN FROM KINUGAWA MARU STUCK IN A PALM TREEWRECK OF KINUGAWA MARUCAPTURED JAPANESE GUNWING OF SHOT DOWN JAPAESE BOMBER ON HENDERSON SEP 42CAPTURED JAPANESE GUN LIMBERJAPANESE HANGAR AT HENDERSONFALLEN JAPANESE SOLDIERCAPTURED JAPANESE AMMUNITIONJAPANESE 75MM AA GUN AT KOKUMBONA BEACHBOMBS FALLING ON HENDERSOIN FIELDB17 BOMBERS ON HENDERSONAERIAL FROM WINDOW OF NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE PLANETBF TORPEDO BOMBERS AT HENDERSONHENDERSON FIELD CONTROL TOWER 1945SBD DIVE BOMBERS ON HENDERSON TAXIWAYHENDERSON WOOD CONTROL TOWER DEC 42HENDERSON FIELD NOV 42MARINE AIR GROUP FLIGHT OPERATIONS DUGOUT AT PAGODA HILLTHE PAGODA FLIGHT OPERATION HUT NOV 42HENDERSON AND THE LUNGA RIVER11TH MARINES ARTILLERY - 105MM GUNMARINE 155MM GUN155MM SHELLSMARINE 105MM GUN FIRING.ON THE LEFT IS 11TH MARINES CO CO. PEDRO DEL VALE. ON THE RIGHT IS GENERAL RUPERTUS.75MM PACK HOWITZER DEC 42JAPANESE TANK OFF MATANIKAU SANDBAR.STILL THERE TO THIS DAY.USED AS A DIVING BOARD AND A TOILET.TANK WRECKS ON MATANIKAU SANDBARBROKEN DOWN AMTRAC AT MATANIKAU SANDBAR. NORE JAPANESE TANK IN THE WATER BEHIND IT.DUG IN STUART TANKUNLOADING STUART TANKJAPANESE TANK ON MATANIKAU BEACHBLOWN UP JAPANESE TANK HULL AT MATANIKAU SANDBARFIGHTER STRIP 2 AT KUKUMFIGHTER STRIP 2 AT KUKUMFLIGHT LINE AT FIGHTER STRIP 2 AT KUKUM. THIS AREA IS NOW THE HONIARA GOLDCOURSE AND WHERE THE PALM TREES ARE STANDS THE SOLOMON ISLANDS BREWERY.WILDCAT AT FIGHTER STRIP 22ND BATTALION,1ST MARINES RESTING ON AUG 8 1942 AFTER THE ABORTIVE HIKE TOWARDS "GRASSY KNOLL"MARINES ADVANCING TOWARDS PT CRUZ NEAR THE RUINS OF MATANIKAU VILLAGE.LUNGA CEMETARY 1945MARINE WITH THOMPSON SUB MACHINE GUNPATROLGAVUTU - TANAMBOGO CAUSEWAYJAPANESE MAP OF TANAMBOGO ISLANDROAD TO THE TOP OF GAVUTUGAVUTU HARBOURTULAGI HARBOUR 1944.50 CAL POSITION ON HILL 281 ON TULAGIJAPANESE 13MM MG MAGAZINE AND LOADERCAMOUFLAGED JAPANESE TRUCK ON TULAGIJAPANESE 13MM MG ON HILL 281 AT TULAGI.THE MOUNT IS STILL THERE. I HAVE A FIRED 13MM CASE FROM THIS POSITION.40MM AA GUN AT TULAGIPT BOAT AT TULAGITULAGI DOCKS 1944TULAGI CEMETARYLST AT TULAGI 1944TULAGI CHINATOWNJAPANESE MG POSITION ON TULAGI SOUTHERN COAST.NOW THE BACK GARDEN OF A HOUSE.YAMATSUKI MARUVIEW FROM HENDERSON FIELD TOWER JULY 1947CAPTURED PHOTO OF A JAPANESE SOLDIERCRASHED P38 LIGHTNING AT HENDERSONCRASHED ZERO ON A GUADALCANAL BEACHBLOWN UP JAPANESE TANK HULLS AT MATANIIKAU SANDBARHILL 66HILL 66HIROKAWA MARUJAPANESE LANDING CRAFT WRECKKINUGAWA MARU 1KINUGAWA MARU 2ONBOARD KINUGAWA MARU
BEACHED TRANSPORT YAMAURA MARUCAPTURED JAPANESE PILOTCAPTURED EQUIPMENTNAMBU LIGHT MACHINE GUNCAPTURED LABOURERSCAPTURED MACHINE GUN AMMUNITIONNAMBU PISTOLDEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERWRECK OF HIROKAWA MARUPATROL UP THE TENARU RIVERPOW STOCKADELABOURER PRISONERSSHELLED JAPANESE POSITIONJAPANESE AIRDROP BASKETJAPANESE ANTI TANK RIFLEJAPANESE BARGES IN THE LUNGA RIVER25TH INFANTRY WOUNDEDB17s OVER GUADALCANALSCOUT JACOB VOUZA WITH JAPANESE SWORDELEANOUR ROOSEVELT VISITS THE GUADALCANAL CEMETARYBEACHED TROOPSHIPHENDERSON FIELDHENDERSON FIELD AUG 42GUADALCANAL RADAR40MM AA GUN ON HILL 281 AT TULAGI OCT 42TULAGI MARINE SHOWER 1943SOME OF THE TULAGII GARRISONTULAGI NAVAL HQ DEC 44TULAGI OBSERVATION POSTOKINAWA INVASION FLEET AT TULAGI MARCH 1945TULAGI CEMETARY CROSSESTULAGI CHINATOWN STOREMATANIKAU HOSPITAL DEC 44AERIAL OF PT CRUZ AREA 18 AUG 1942PT CRUZ AREA DEC 1944KUKUM AND LUNGA AREA 31 JULY 1942MATANIKAU RIVER FERRYKUKUM BEACHWRECKED AIRCRAFT AT HENDERSON FIELDCAPTURED JAPANESE BATHTUBJAPANESE CAMP AT LUNGA - LITERALLY CAUGHT WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN!CAPTURED JAPANESE AA GUNMARINE CEMETARY AND CHAPEL AT LUNGACASUALTY EVACUATION ON MT AUSTENPOSITIONS ON THE EAST BANK OF THE MATANIKAU RIVERKOREAN PRISONERS DIGGING GRAVESCHOW TIMERAIDERS LANDING ON BLUE BEACH AT TULAGIAERIAL 1 DEC 42 PT CRUZ AREAAERIAL 18 AUG 42 PT CRUZ AREA. A WEEK AFTER THE GOETTGE PATROL DISASTERAERIAL 18 FEB 43 MATANIKAU RIVER MOUTHAERIAL 21 DEC 43 PT CRUZ AREAAERIAL 18 FEB 43. BRIDGES OVER MATANIKAU RIVERAERIAL NOV 42 PT CRUZ AREAAERIAL 18 AUG 42 MATANIKAU VILLAGE AND GOETTGE PATROL AREAAERIAL 31 JUL 42 KUKUM/LUNGA AREAAERIAL 6 NOV 43 MATANIKAU AREAAERIAL 31 JUL 42 HENDERSON FIELDFIGHTER STRIP 1SURRENDER BROADCAST FROM HILL 44 TO GIFU STRONGPOINTRABAUL PILOTSRABAUL PILOTS 2VAL DIVE BOMBER TAKING OFF FROM RABAULZERO FIGHTER TAKING OFF FROM RABAULJAPANESE GUN TRACTOR 1JAPANESE GUN TRACTOR 2JAPANESE GUN TRACTOR 4150MM GUNSLOADING 150MM GUN 1LOADING SHELL INTO 150MM GUNLOADING SHELL INTO 150MM GUN 2JAPANESE 150MM GUNNERLOADING SHELL INTO 150MM GUN 4JAPANESE RABBIT EAR BINOCULARSJAPANESE RABBIT EAR BINOCULARS 2JAPANESE SHIP FIRING SALVOJAPANESE SEAPLANEJAPANESE "LONG LANCE" TORPEDO TUBESCAPTURED JAPANESE KNEE MORTARFALLEN MAST OF KINUGAWA MARUJAPANESE TRUCK HIT BY NAVY SHELLINGCAPTURED JAPANESE POWER PLANTDEAD JAPANESE IN CAMP AREA