File:IronbottomSound.jpg

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"Ironbottom Sound" looking southwest towards Savo Island (centre) and Cape Esperance (left) on Guadalcanal. A U.S. destroyer is sillouhetted against Savo Island. Photo taken from USS San Juan on August 7, 1942. Official U.S. Navy photo #80-G-13539, now in the National Archives. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/guadlcnl/guadlcnl.htm

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